Yeah, I am angry!!!
"Administration Moves to Avert Late Rules Rush"
"The Bush administration has told federal agencies that they have until June 1 to propose any new regulations, a move intended to avoid the rush of rules issued by previous administrations on their way out the door.
That's tomorrow!!! WTF?!
The White House has also declared that it will generally not allow agencies to issue any final regulations after Nov. 1, nearly three months before President Bush relinquishes power.
While the White House called the deadlines “simply good government,” some legal specialists said the policy would ensure that rules the administration wanted to be part of Mr. Bush’s legacy would be less subject to being overturned by his successor....
Are we EVER going to be rid of this guy and his fucking shadow?!
I imagine this will apply to torture, spying, and all that good stuff, too!
Many officials in government agencies said they were caught unaware by the White House’s order, issued May 9....
Then how come it is being reported NOW?!
The highly unusual directive was outlined in a memorandum that Joshua B. Bolten, the White House chief of staff, issued to agency heads without public announcement.... Mr. Bolten told agencies that the administration would make exceptions for rules that missed the deadline in “extraordinary circumstances,” which he did not define....
Translation: We are a FIAT DICTATORSHIP!!!
Still, the June 1 deadline to start the public comment process places at risk of delay scores of potential regulations, including protections for the environment and rules on workplace safety and public health.
I don't know whether that is good or bad anymore.
We certainly don't need more regulations, but on the other hand, the government doesn't seem to give a shit about our health!
Agency officials said it was impossible to speed up many proposals, some of which run for hundreds of pages, with three weeks’ notice. One official said his agency was resigned to the fact that some of its work would be delayed until the next administration, while another said he was hoping that the White House would exempt some proposals that missed the June 1 deadline but that were in line with the administration’s agenda.
This is administration has never changed, not one iota!!!
Rick Melberth, the director of regulatory policy for OMB Watch, a nonpartisan government watchdog group, predicted that the administration, in keeping with its longstanding skepticism about regulation, would make it a priority to complete rules that relax regulations on industrial pollution and other burdens on business.
See?
Mr. Melberth also predicted that the administration would be willing to invoke the exception for “extraordinary circumstances” to allow rules that give businesses more flexibility than Mr. Bush’s successor might, especially if the next president is a Democrat.
“They get to define emergency,” Mr. Melberth said.
“On other things, they could do ‘Sorry, we can’t do anything on this’ ” because of the deadline, he added....
I can't wait until these scum are gone, readers.
They better leave, dammit, or we will have to make them!!!
Jeffrey Barach, vice president of the Grocery Manufacturers Association, said he feared that the deadline could jeopardize some rules that food manufacturers want. For example, the food industry has been pressing for more stringent requirements on farms to lower the risk that the food supply might be contaminated by crops that have been genetically modified to produce pharmaceuticals.... "
Frankendrugs?
