Editing Deregulation (section)

===== Nixon administration =====
The first comprehensive proposal to deregulate a major industry, transportation, originated in the [[Richard Nixon]] Administration and was forwarded to Congress in late 1971.{{sfn|Rose|Seely|Barrett|2006|p=154}} This proposal was initiated and developed by an interagency group that included the Council of Economic Advisors (represented by [[Hendrik S. Houthakker|Hendrik Houthakker]] and Thomas Gale Moore<ref>{{cite web
 | title = Thomas Gale Moore
 | publisher = The Hoover Institution, Stanford University
 | url = http://www.stanford.edu/~moore/Bio.html
 | access-date = 2012-06-11}}{{self-published inline|date=December 2022}}</ref>), White House Office of Consumer Affairs (represented by Jack Pearce), Department of Justice, Department of Transportation, Department of Labor, and other agencies.{{sfn|Rose|Seely|Barrett|2006|pp=152–60}}

The proposal addressed both rail and truck transportation, but not air carriage. (92d Congress, Senate Bill 2842)  The developers of this legislation in this Administration sought to cultivate support from commercial buyers of transportation services, [[consumer organization]]s, economists, and environmental organization leaders.{{sfn|Rose|Seely|Barrett|2006|pp=154–56}} This 'civil society' coalition became a template for coalitions influential in efforts to deregulate trucking and air transport later in the decade.