A Last Push To Deregulate

[DogPoundPup]

Source: Washington Post

The White House is working to enact a wide array of federal regulations, many of which would weaken government rules aimed at protecting consumers and the environment, before President Bush leaves office in January.

The new rules would be among the most controversial deregulatory steps of the Bush era and could be difficult for his successor to undo. Some would ease or lift existing constraints on private industry, including power plants, mines and farms.

Those and other regulations would help clear obstacles to some commercial ocean-fishing activities, ease controls on emissions of pollutants that contribute to global warming, relax drinking-water standards and lift a key restriction on mountaintop coal mining.

Once such rules take effect, they typically can be undone only through a laborious new regulatory proceeding, including lengthy periods of public comment, drafting and mandated reanalysis.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/20...

[LynnTheDem]

1. Coz they didn't manage to steal as much as they wanted from Americans,

and they didn't manage to destroy America quite as much as they'd hoped for.

But hey, VOTE McCAIN and he'll finish the deal!

How the fuck did so many Americans get to be so fucking stupid.

[Robbien]

2. This is Cheney's baby. Last year he stated this was what he would be working on

during the last year in office. Getting rid of environmental controls.

[Submariner]

3. I believe it would be constitutional for Obama to immediately reverse

ALL of these anti-environment schemes the day he gets in office. Bush and Cheney are clearly incompetent traitors and need to be imprisoned for high crimes and misdemeanors. These proposed regs are clearly harmful to our environment, and need to be stopped before even being implemented.

[csziggy]

6. After all, didn't Bush reverse many of the regulations that Clinton put into effect?

If I remember correctly, Clinton established a number of regulations on clean air, environmental protection - such as limiting snow mobiles in national parks - and more that Bush immediately reversed.

Bush signs repeal of ergonomic rules into law
March 20, 2001
Web posted at: 7:46 PM EST (0046 GMT)

WASHINGTON -- President Bush signed into law Tuesday a repeal of Clinton administration regulations that set new workplace ergonomic rules to combat repetitive stress injuries.

In a statement, Bush said the rules signed by former president Bill Clinton were "unduly burdensome and overly broad."
http://archives.cnn.com/2001/ALLPOLITICS/03/20/bush.erg... /

ORDER REVERSALS
January 22, 2001
Two members of Congress discuss President Bush's plan to reverse and suspend executive orders from the Clinton administration.
MARGARET WARNER: Moments after President Bush's inauguration Saturday, the White House suspended scores of executive orders and regulations issued in the waning days of the Clinton administration, pending a full review. Today's reversal of a 1993 executive order on abortion suggests even settled Clinton actions may be reversed.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/politics/jan-june01/abor...

REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK; Bush Waits, Politely, to Undo What Clinton Has Done
By DAVID E. SANGER
Published: December 24, 2000

By road, it's a little more than 1,500 miles between the Governor's Mansion here and the White House. That's too far to spit.

Mere distance, however, is not stopping anyone from trying.

Just before they pack their bags, President Clinton's aides are taking one last shot at creating an America in their image -- churning out new emission rules for cars and trucks, reviewing last-minute authorizations for national monuments, putting the final touches on Mr. Clinton's effort to make sure that development stops in roadless areas of national forests.

All this has left the Bush folks fuming, because they know -- or their lawyers are telling them -- that the rules cannot be wiped out at the stroke of a pen. There must be hearings and committees.
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C01E5DA...

January 20, 2001: President Bush Stymies Environmental Regulations

On his first day in office, President Bush has his chief of staff, Andrew Card, issue directives to every executive department with authority over environmental issues, and orders them to immediately put on hold dozens of regulations passed by the Clinton administration. The Clinton regulations include lowering arsenic levels in drinking water; reducing the release of raw sewage into rivers and streams; setting limits on logging, drilling, and mining on public lands; increasing energy efficiency standards; and banning snowmobiles from Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks.
http://www.historycommons.org/context.jsp?item=a012001b...

[depakid]

9. No, the rules would have to be challenged in court- which is difficult

or the agencies would have to follow established APA proceedures to reverse the rules- and/or promulgate new, more rational ones.

[glinda]

4. Is there NOTHING they can do to stop this nut?

I mean, there has to be something. He has broken so many laws and is obviously causing increasing amount of harm to this Country and Planet. Can't they tie him up and let Dennis sit on him for the rest of his term or something?

[GoddessOfGuinness]

7. We could have stopped them if we'd impeached...

But somebody didn't want to go there.

[glinda]

10. Does anyone really understand why not?

[GoddessOfGuinness]

11. Well from what Pelosi has said, impeaching a prez. because

he led us into a war on false pretenses equates to getting even with the thugs for impeaching Clinton over his blow job.

It's so obvious that the blow job was a far more serious crime.

[glinda]

13. ... to the extreme Right perhaps.

They don't seem to mind war.

[smiley_glad_hands]

5. New admin can foot drag until changes are made. eom

[sonias]

8. I hate that lyin, cheating, stealing, polluting, corporate welfare supporting bastard

He is still such a tool for the industries. He will never be topped as the "worst president ever". But he doesn't care.


Sonia

[ryanmuegge]

12. If they can be enacted, they can be undone. The problem is a lack of courage on the part of the

Democrats. Don't believe the corporate media's excuse of, "oh, once it's done it can't be reversed." I'm sure the Democrats will be echoing the same excuse soon, but it's not true. No matter how big of a majority we have, they will still lack the courage to do what they know is right.

[blossomstar]

28. Bush launches last minute deregulation push

Source: Washington Post

The White House is working to enact a wide array of federal regulations, many of which would weaken government rules aimed at protecting consumers and the environment, before President Bush leaves office in January.

The new rules would be among the most controversial deregulatory steps of the Bush era and could be difficult for his successor to undo. Some would ease or lift constraints on private industry, including power plants, mines and farms.

Those and other regulations would help clear obstacles to some commercial ocean-fishing activities, ease controls on emissions of pollutants that contribute to global warming, relax drinking-water standards and lift a key restriction on mountaintop coal mining.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27466701 /

Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27466701 /

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This is absolutely UNBELIEVABLE. I clicked on this article because I just knew that it was a "typo" and they meant to say "REGULATE" since their deregulation is the cause of the current financial crisis! Bush obviously wants to give the American people one final giganic syphilis screw on his way out. This convinces me that Bush hates this earth, it's people and himself. Sick, sick EVIL bastard.

[angstlessk]

14. to think we thought laize faire was bad..this is laize fuck you!!! n/t

[Thor_MN]

15. I think an executive order to reverse every piece of legislation * signed

would be the best way out. Unfortunately I don't think that can be done. It's going to take years to undo the crap that * has foisted off on us. I do think Obama needs to created a cabinet level postion of "Undoing Bush's Fuckups." The UBF would be charged with reviewing every piece of paper signed by Bush and drafting executive orders to mitigate the damage.

[Auggie]

16. UBF -- LOL

Funny. But it will be of utmost importance.

[Demeter]

30. It Can Be Done. It's Bush's MO. Just Do It, and Let the Courts Fight It Out

[whirlygigspin]

17. "lift a key restriction on mountaintop coal mining"

--somebody from West Virginia, spread this news in your state before tuesday!

[BumRushDaShow]

18. And there was no agency left untouched for the last 8 years.

Every single one infested.

January 20, 2009 can't come soon enough.

[StClone]

19. So you thought the old George Bush was the worst

Well the freak is at it digging deeper in the sewer. This can be undone. The problem is that when you undo it the Fascist are building the framework to attack Obama. Picture this in three years or so:

"Working people suffered when Obama shut down vital coal mine operations in West Virginia...industry suffered and Obama caused your energy prices to rise with his Liberal Environment-over-people-agenda..."

[ColbertWatcher]

20. You are so right, but since we know what they're going to do, we can combat it! n/t

[azurnoir]

21. "23% approval rating?"

I'll show you !!!

But we knew he;d leave as big a pile behind him when he left, legacy my arse, if he can't replace Reagan as the republican messiah, he'll aim for Hoover's record.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

22. Between the election and swearing in of his successor

Bush is going to be a loose cannon. You think he's been irresponsible so far? Can you imagine what he's going to be like knowing there isn't a damned thing anyone can (or will) do to him before he gets out of office. He could completely disassemble the government, if he wanted (it sounds like he's made a good start).

Every big money interest that "invested" in Bush is now going to get their money back one hundredfold. I'll be surprised if there is a single regulatory agency that is untouched. He truly is going down in history as the "Worst President Ever."

[dcindian]

23. Reminds me of Saddam burning oil wells

He is trying to make things harder on an Obama presidency. Trying to give a wedge issue to the republican propaganda machine Fuks News for the next four years.

while Obama and the congress work to reset these main street protects the cries of socialism will be pounded into us by the MSM.


They know defeat is coming their way and now they are trying to destroy America in spite of that.

[nichomachus]

24. This is one of the main reasons we should have impeached the bastard

If he were fighting an impeachment battle now, he wouldn't have time for this shit.

[tismyself]

26. Absolutely.

[AzDar]

25. No more, Chimpo.

[fasttense]

27. Why doesn't the bush just out law elections and voting.

That way he and his bushies could ignore Obama's coming win and pick the president. I'm sure McBush would ensure corporate welfare will continue.

Bunch of scum. Passing last minute regulations that help out the corporations at the expense of American citizens. What about Democracy does the bush like? He should move to Saudi Arabia, there's no Democracy there.

[Duppers]

29. K & R

Damn!

[RedEarth]

31. What an evil group of people

[llmart]

34. And very anti-American.....

and unpatriotic. There - I've said it. It needs to be said. When you do stuff like this just to spite the incoming President and it hurts all of America, then yes, they are unAmerican. They have done everything in their power to trash this once great country. This is why they're going to get thrown out the door come November 4th.

[recoveringdittohed]

32. Ed Schultz made a great analogy today about Bush's lame duck deregulation

Schultz said on his talk show today (I may not remember this verbatim) that Bush deregulating on the way out the door is like Bush gets on on elevator with us, farts, gets off the elevator and leaves us to deal with the fart.

[Laelth]

33. They are vile. There's no other way to put it.

Nevertheless, I have faith that, in time, we can right most of the damage they have done.

So I HOPE.

The United States is a LIBERAL Country.



-Laelth

[madeline_con]

35. Would emailing our Reps help?

There has to be something we can do!

[superconnected]

36. What else would they be working on.