Obama halts all regulations pending review

[cal04]

Source: Associated Press

One of President Barack Obama's first acts is to order federal agencies to halt all pending regulations until his administration can review them.

The order went out Tuesday afternoon, shortly after Obama was inaugurated president, in a memorandum signed by new White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel. The notice of the action was contained in the first press release sent out by Obama's White House, and it came from deputy press secretary Bill Burton.

The waning days of former President Bush's administration featured much debate over what rules and regulations he would seek to enact before he left office.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090120/ap_on_go_pr_wh/obama_regulations_1

[Raven]

1. I knew it! I saw it in his eyes. This is a no BS guy. He wanted to get to work. n/t

[L. Coyote]

32. HUGE signal!

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

2. This isn't the test.

The test will be which regulations he allows to be reengaged without change after the review.

I'm confident he'll show wisdom and foresight- and that he'll toss the deadwood into a pile in the town square and toss a match to it.

[Brucie Kibbutz]

3. Time to go to work, Mr. President.

Cleaning up the wreckage left behind after eight years of tyranny will be a monumental task. We are depending on you. :patriot:

[liberaltrucker]

15. Amen

Belated welcome to DU!

:patriot:

[Brucie Kibbutz]

17. Thanks, driver!

Now...what did I do with that log book? What's this pre trip business you're talking about, officer? :shrug:

[Optical.Catalyst]

4. It is time to order Gitmo closed.

[Posteritatis]

5. CNN kept saying that order's going out tonight or tomorrow (nt)

[awoke_in_2003]

6. I heard that, too...

will be an interesting first 100 days :)

[Javaman]

26. Heck the first 10 hours will be interesting! LOL :) nt

[dipsydoodle]

13. CNN link here

Obama Chief of Staff puts a stop to pending Bush regulations

WASHINGTON (CNN)– President Obama has wasted no time handling the Bush administration's unfinished business.

White House officials tell CNN Obama Chief Staff of Staff Rahm Emanuel sent a memo Tuesday to all agencies and departments of the federal government. The memo halts further consideration of pending regulations throughout the government until a legal and policy review can be conducted by the Obama administration.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/

[8 track mind]

7. Sweeet!!!!!! n/t

[quidam56]

8. There's HOPE for America.

It's going to take all our efforts to Change the status quo. http://www.wisecountyissues.com FDR said "you elected me, now make me do it." Change is coming from the bottom up in Appalachia !

[chollybocker]

9. This is the Best Administration Ever already.

[Barrett808]

10. Oh, hell yeah.

:toast:

[eppur_se_muova]

11. A reminder: Cheney shut down the Government Printing Office ...

because regulations and pardons do not become law until they are printed in the Federal Register. So DDDDDick got the FR shut down as soon as he moved into the Oval Office and obstructed Clinton's last-minutes pardons and natural resource set-asides. Obama has to fight fire with fire here.

[Ichingcarpenter]

12. That's what I'm talking about! Actions stopping Bushy now

Thank you Mr. Prez!

[Usrename]

14. Time to turn this ship around!

Full left rudder!

And damn the torpedos!

[file83]

37. Battle stations!!! Engineering....we need a damage assessment STAT!!!!

[HopeHoops]

16. Clever, very clever - blanket freeze.

[paparush]

18. Fuck em up O!!! w00t. A man of action!

[Auggie]

19. That's what I call a good start

[bemildred]

20. I guess the transition cooperation was not quite perfect. nt

[file83]

38. (wink, wink, nudge, nudge)

This is a way of sending out the message, "We do NOT trust the previous Administration." God, I hope Obama investigates for war crimes!!!

[madrchsod]

21. put it in low and floor it.....

[Duer 157099]

22. They should save themselves the time and trouble

and just wholesale reverse every single thing that the prior administration has done. It's that easy.

[glitch]

50. And seize all the assets they looted. I dare to dream....

:applause: Excellent start Mr. President! :applause:

[Deep13]

23. The President to Bush: "Oh, no you don't!" nt

[cal04]

24. WHouse stops pending Bush regulations for review

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N20438184.htm
(snip)
The review is a tool commonly used by a new administration to delay so-called "midnight regulations" put in place by a former president between the election and Inauguration Day.

Midnight regulations have been heavily used by recent former presidents, including the Democrat Bill Clinton, Republican George H. W. Bush, and most recently, the Republican George W. Bush.

Controversial late rules by the outgoing Bush administration include allowing the carrying of concealed weapons in some national parks and prohibiting medical facilities from receiving federal money for discriminating against doctors and nurses who refuse to assist with abortions or dispense contraceptives based on religious grounds.

Federal law requires a 60-day waiting period before any major regulatory changes become law, so some presidents try to publish new major regulations to ensure they go into effect before the new president's inauguration on January 20.

[Igel]

39. I thought it was routine.

Nice to see the confirmation.

[Tab]

25. Off and running!!

Gotta like it!

[Eugenian]

27. "Pending" is the operative word here.

I wonder what shit got in already under the 60-day rule.

[InvisibleTouch]

28. Good! I hope that includes Dubya's delisting of endangered wolves.

I hope that's frozen in its tracks and gets immediately reversed. Obama is wasting no time getting to work, even while the world celebrates. Impressive!

[Generator]

29. This is the first good news I've heard in many years

Finally the tide of evil avarice is being halted. Well at least reviewed. HA. I think Obama will be better than my cynicism allows. But the post traumatic thing for some of us just doesn't end in a few hours. I just had to explain to my daughter that her ENTIRE LIFE Bush has been president. She wanted to know why he wasn't gone four years ago.. long story..some day..I will tell it all.

[Divine Discontent]

30. That's a big mighty F**K YOU to the principles of the former administration

doesn't that feel good to say, former administration....


Y
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[liberal N proud]

31. Thank you Mr President

[blondeatlast]

33. Hell, YES! That's what I was workin' for! nt

[RavensChick]

34. It's about time!!!

I hope to see that at the agency I work in (I'm a Federal employee). Take that, stupid!!!!!!

[Still Sensible]

35. I'm pretty sure Bush did the same thing to pending

Clinton administration regulations in 2001.

[Chemical Bill]

36. Good Start. n/t

[cal04]

40. UPDATEDX2 Rahm Emanuel puts halt to Bush's Midnight regulations

by Sahdad
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/1/20/193445/447/909/684567

This is so cool

BREAKING: White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel stops Bush’s last-minute regs. Emanuel signs a memorandum ordering all agencies and departments to stop all pending regulations until a legal and policy review can be conducted by the Obama administration.

UPDATED

The order went out Tuesday afternoon, shortly after Obama was inaugurated president, in a memorandum signed by new White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel. The notice of the action was contained in the first press release sent out by Obama's White House, and it came from deputy press secretary Bill Burton.


Controversial late rules by the outgoing Bush administration include allowing the carrying of concealed weapons in some national parks and prohibiting medical facilities from receiving federal money for discriminating against doctors and nurses who refuse to assist with abortions or dispense contraceptives based on religious grounds.

federal law requires a 60-day waiting period before any major regulatory changes become law, so some presidents try to publish new major regulations to ensure they go into effect before the new president's inauguration on January 20.

this is a great start.

UPDATED

The question is can they really overturn this stuff? We'll the Obama team has been working on this stuff for months apparently and are trying many different avenues, congressional help will be key

The enactment of such rules has been the subject of a drumbeat of news reports in recent months. Though it can take years for a new administration to complete the process necessary to overturn a rule that has taken effect — allowing a president to tie his successor’s hands — Democrats will have far greater opportunity to rescind Mr. Bush’s late rules than has typically been the case in a period when the party in power changes. With Democratic control of both chambers of Congress and the White House, the political planets are aligned to make much of the Bush administration’s late handiwork unusually vulnerable.

Congress has the authority to rescind an agency’s regulation by passing legislation to trump the rule. Democrats in both chambers said they were considering attaching amendments rescinding various Bush-era rules to the coming stimulus package, which is considered “must-pass” legislation.

Democrats say that they are also considering using the Congressional Review Act of 1996, an obscure and rarely used process that sets up fast-track procedures to overturn regulations.

The law allows Congress to rescind a rule by passing a “resolution of disapproval,” which cannot be filibustered. The resolution also requires presidential approval and can be invoked only for a few months after a rule is issued.

This won't be easy and keeping the pressure on Congress seems to be the way to go since Obama has done his part so far just by issuing the order.

Jerrold Nadler, Democrat of New York, has introduced a bill, the Midnight Rule Act, that would give incoming cabinet secretaries — starting with the Obama administration — greater power to rewrite regulations issued during the final three months of the previous presidency.

“Congress needs to pass the Midnight Rule Act,” Mr. Nadler said in a statement, “to give President-elect Barack Obama the ability to quickly reverse these policies and undo these last, right-wing gasps of the Bush administration.”

But his bill would need to be enacted quickly amid a crowded field of other Congressional business if it is to have any impact on Mr. Bush’s rules. It would also have to avoid a filibuster by Republicans in the Senate.

[orleans]

41. he KNOWS how fucking dangerous they are/were

and he needs to keep this in mind in the weeks ahead, when it comes time to holding these criminals accountable--otherwise, the neofreaks will return (different names & faces perhaps but their objective will be the same) and they need to be stopped NOW.

[defendandprotect]

54. Everyone has to understand we're in same gene pool that gave us

Slavery, Segregation, Genocide against Native American --

20 years of bombing the ME -- two wars attacking Iraq --

Plans to attack Iran --

These is imperialistic patriarchy --

"really smart about really stupid things" . . . !!!

[Kurovski]

42. K&R. (nt)

[proReality]

43. YES!!!

K&R

[MilesColtrane]

44. Rules and regulations like: "Shred all records from the past eight years"?

Smart move.

The American people have the right to know what's REALLY been going on in our names.

[littlecryinggirl]

45. When I was in

Calif

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[FlyingSquirrel]

47. BwAAAAAAAAA AAAAaaaha hahahhahaa@!!!!!! !!111111111

That's all I got.

[willing dwarf]

48. God Bless Him!

Let justice flow like a river, and integrity like a mighty stream!

[agentS]

49. Ah! The coach threw the red flag on the field! Challenge!

All those Bush plays are getting reviewed! To the review booth we go!

[pleah]

51. Good!

[kenfrequed]

52. This actually made me happy.

After I heard about this I suddenly felt enthusiastic again. Now if he can just deal with those stupid signing statements.

[defendandprotect]

53. More good news --- !!!

[katty]

55. geezz, wow, is this for real!! great

[namvet73]

56. Surprise! Bush got Am-Bushed! YES!

[zehnkatzen]

57. I don't ever want to hear anyone complaining that there's no difference betw R & D again! n/t

[Imagevision]

58. Cheney asked Bush for a pardon 10-12 days ago - the story then faded...?!!!