Bush Push To Lock Policy For Obama Has Loophole
By Cernig Wednesday Nov 12, 2008 4:30pm
And now for some good news.
Last May, White House chief of staff Joshua Bolten instructed federal agency heads to make sure any new regulations were finalized by Nov. 1. The memo didn’t spell it out, but the thinking behind the directive was obvious. As Myron Ebell of the conservative Competitive Enterprise Institute put it: “We’re not going to make the same mistakes the Clinton administration did.”
... But that strategy doesn’t account for the Congressional Review Act of 1996.
The law contains a clause determining that any regulation finalized within 60 days of congressional adjournment — Oct. 3, in this case — is considered to have been legally finalized on Jan. 15, 2009. The new Congress then has 60 days to review it and reverse it with a joint resolution that can’t be filibustered in the Senate.
In other words, any regulation finalized in the last half-year of the Bush administration could be wiped out with a simple party-line vote in the Democrat-controlled Congress.
Given how often the Bush administration have sidelined Congress to push their own policies, the notion that a majority of Congress can so easily sideline Bush's last six months in office has a delicious sense of karma about it.
Crossposted from Newshoggers
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'Cause there is a hell of a lot of Bush crap to flush down the toilets!
money talks, bullshit walks. I'll believe it when I see it.
This.
Yes, right now the “Cult of Obama” wants you to STFU. At least until he, you know, actually does something that deserves your derision. And if and when he does, we will join you.
That from a guy who mocked Obama as "The Magical Unity Pony".
This presented by a guy who mocked Obama as Bob the Builder.
that tiny font looks like an army of fire ants
That's what I said, who the hell are you, and who the hell is Woody........you both need to get some manners.
Sitemonitor: This is some bad ju-ju here, and I'm usually right about these thangs........cross over, children, all are welcome, all are welcome.......even ex-rethugs.
calm down, Rahm. Take a deep breath
The earlier post was meant for Wire paladin...
big word, 'if'...
...having King's X or No Tap Backs. It grants immunity from the Bush Wackers. Hee hee hee! The conserve-a-turd attempt to hog tie and hamstring the new administration will fail.
And, wasn't that a Republican Congress in '96 that passed this law to circumvent anything the Clenis may have attempted to get through? I may be wrong on that point, but if not, then I love how this comes back to bite their ass.
is what they had on their small minds!
Beauty! Bit in the ass with their own legislation.
of those "ready to kiss your paycheck goodbye?" ads.
I kknow this is a blog, and we all expect to encounter dishonesty, one way or another...but here at least we may rebuke the liar...
Those ads are incredibly dishonest, and intentionally provocative without providing any channels for challenging them. That pisses me off...
I wanna choke the shitwhistle who did the copy...
Do you think google intentionally sticks this shit on lefty blogs?
The advertiser pays google to read the page and then flash the ad when the search criteria are met. You provide google the same criteria as SodaHead then pay google more than SodaHead does and you get your ad up there, woody.
Your tone, IMHO, is a bit acerbic.....how 'bout you tweak it just a tad, friend.
Hah! That's a new one. It doesn't logically mean anything, but just has such a nice curse-y bite to it.
lol
...Shitwhistle...
I love, love, love the last sentence of this post. It doth put a smile on my lips that will last throughout this bella luna......a full one, at that.
DELISH...........smile, smile, smile. Oh, life, I love you!!!!!!
With this post in mind, I think it is safe to say that there is quite a lot that Obama could do in his first 100 days that would undo a portion of the damage the Bush Administration has imposed on America.
However, Obama is scholarly, thoughtful and considerate of his decisions. As he has promised to lead all Americans, (not just the Dems), it will be interesting to see how this plays out.
Will address this tonight. A straight up or down vote. I love it. How many times did the repubs throw this line out!
You can bet that they passed it to give the screws to Clinton never realizing that it would work against them at some time in the future.
But Begich (D) is now ahead of Stevens (R) in AK...by THREE VOTES!
http://elect.alaska.net/data/results.htm
So all we have to do over the next 2 months is convince the Dems that these bush policy regulations need to be overturned. After the past 18 months I'm not sure that's going to be as easy as it sould be.
There is a god...
Clutch info Cernig, thanks!
Too bad we cant wipe the last 8 years off the records and make it like Bush never existed, though we would still be stuck with the bill. If you read news from other countries everyone is over joyed that the repugnant republicans were defeated and are now talking about WAR CRIMES of the bush administration, I would have no problem handing him, Cheney or any of the other lining scum over to the international courts.
Bush / Cheney The Hague 09 War crimes.
http://www.mnweekly.ru/columnists/20081106/55...
Please!
NO George W. Bush Policy Left in place!
Makes me feel all bubbly inside.
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... But that strategy doesn’t account for the Congressional Review Act of 1996.
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The best part is:
It was a REPUBLICAN CONGRESS that did that bit of legislation, thinking they would have a permanent majority.
Freakin' MORONS.
BWAHAHAHAAAAAA!!!!
oh please make this possible. If we can't erase 8 years, at least I'll be smiling for months if Bush's last 6 months go up in flames.
I was really worried about this.
But Obama can still put John Yoo's testicles in a vice, right?
"the notion that a majority of Congress can so easily sideline Bush's last six months in office has a delicious sense of karma about it."
but the bad feeling that nancy is still the so called "leader" and we have seen how weak she has been on bush accountability issues. so, with that numbing thought, i will believe it when i see it and i have a hard time thinking i will see it.
Nancy "empeachment is off the table" and Harry "give Joe a chance" must both go, if for no other reason than the fact that they allowed too much to happen in the past two years.
Pelosi and Reid suck.
They are paragons of political pusillanimity, the living embodiment of lily-livered liberals.
Talk to the hand!
He's not as smart (nor as good a lawyer) as he thinks he is!
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