Report: New Bush order greatly expands powers.

[CatWoman]

A Drudge preview: “NYT: Bush executive order gives president much greater control over rules to regulate public health, safety, environment, civil rights, privacy, other issues…

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/29/report-new-bush-order-greatly-expands-powers/

[emulatorloo]

1. Great. Because Bush just did not have enough power

And we so trust him to use it wisely. . . .:crazy:

[burythehatchet]

2. that fucker

[CatWoman]

3. could'nt have said it better

:hi:

[YellowRubberDuckie]

4. What do you think he's going to do first?

And is it going to surprise anyone when Congress lets him get away with it? How long will it take before we women are going to be back in the kitchen?
Duckie

[CatWoman]

5. I just feel sick to my stomach

:puke:

[YellowRubberDuckie]

6. I'm right there with you babe.

Womens rights: :nuke:
Minority rights: :nuke:
Religious freedom: :nuke:
Oh, on edit: The Constitution, well, what's left of it: :nuke:
I've never seen anyone with such contempt for The Constitution.
Duckie

[salin]

7. Yep - verifies the belief of "constitution as toilet paper."

Frightening that after the elections and GOP losses - Bushco is acting MORE emboldened than ever in terms of trying to make the constitution irrelevant (per direct challenge to the seperation of powers - these political appointments are intended to follow the signing statements rather than the laws set (and signed into law by jr) by Congress.

[brettdale]

8. America cant wait for two years

"I said it in 2000, there is no way that Bush*t is going give up power, even when his two terms are up"


http://www.rawstory.com/news/2007/NY_Times_Bush_gives_White_House_0129.html




President George W. Bush has given his administration a boost in how the government regulates key issues such as civil rights and the environment, RAW STORY has learned The New York Times will report on its Tuesday front page.

The President "signed a directive that gives the White House much greater control over the rules that the federal government develops to regulate public health, safety," privacy and other issues, writes Robert Pear for the Times.

Pear reports that "in an executive order published last week in the Federal Register, Bush said that each federal agency must have a regulatory policy office run by a political appointee" who will monitor the creation of process and procedures and the associated documentation.

"The White House will thus have a gatekeeper in each agency," Pear writes, "to analyze the costs and benefits of new rules and to make sure they carry out the president's priorities."

Excerpts from the Times article follow...
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This strengthens the hand of the White House in shaping rules that have, in the past, often been generated by civil servants and scientific experts. It suggests that the administration still has ways to exert its power after the takeover of Congress by the Democrats.

The White House said the executive order was not meant to rein in any one agency. But business executives and consumer advocates said the administration was particularly concerned about rules and guidance issued by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

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Business groups welcomed the executive order, saying it had the potential to reduce what they saw as the burden of federal regulations. This burden is of great concern to many groups, including small businesses, that have given strong political and financial backing to Bush.

Consumer, labor and environmental groups denounced the executive order, saying it gave too much control to the White House and would hinder agencies' efforts to protect the public.
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