Washington Post: “Transition advisers to President-elect Barack Obama have compiled a list of about 200 Bush administration actions and executive orders that could be swiftly undone to reverse White House policies on climate change, stem cell research, reproductive rights and other issues, according to congressional Democrats, campaign aides and experts working with the transition team.”
Watching out for Midnight Regulations – “RegWatch has been following the phenomenon known as “midnight regulation” where an administration finalizes lots of rules in its waning days of power. [herein] is a list of many of the more controversial rules worth watching. RegWatch will provide regular updates to this list.”
The Midnight Deregulation Express, Matthew Blake, The Washington Independent: “It’s something of a tradition – administrations using their final weeks in power to ram through a slew of federal regulations. With the election grabbing the headlines, outgoing federal bureaucrats quietly propose and finalize rules that can affect the health and safety of millions. The Bush administration has followed this tradition and expanded it. Up to 90 proposed regulations could be finalized before President George W. Bush leaves office January 20. If adopted, these rules could weaken workplace safety protections, allow local police to spy in the “war on terror” and make it easier for federal agencies to ignore the Endangered Species Act.”
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