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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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Score Card on Late White House Rules Changes

Bush administration pushes through midnight regulations

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(Newser) – With the  Bush White House pushing through a raft of last-minute rules, the nonprofit journalism group ProPublica offers a running list, with the status of each:

  • Business-friendly safety regulations would loosen restrictions on exposure to toxic chemicals in the workplace.
  • Local police would get increased surveillance ability.
  • Loaded guns would be allowed in some national parks.

  • Health care providers would have to show they’re not discriminating against employees who refuse to perform abortions on moral grounds.
  • Investment-firm employees could give advice to clients, even if employees have a financial stake in the matter.
  • Federal agencies could decide for themselves, without independent scientific review, whether development projects threaten endangered species.
  • A drinking-water contaminant would not require regulation.
Click on the link for more proposals and details.

President George W. Bush waits to deliver his remarks on aviation congestion and transportation safety, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008, at the Transportation Department in Washington.
President George W. Bush waits to deliver his remarks on aviation congestion and transportation safety, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008, at the Transportation Department in Washington.   (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
President George W. Bush smiles as he arrives to make remarks during the reopening ceremony for the National Museum of American History in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008.
President George W. Bush smiles as he arrives to make remarks during the reopening ceremony for the National Museum of American History in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008.   (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
President George W. Bush salutes well-wishers after delivering his remarks on aviation congestion and transportation safety, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008, at the Transportation Department in Washington.
President George W. Bush salutes well-wishers after delivering his remarks on aviation congestion and transportation safety, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008, at the Transportation Department in Washington.   (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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petepenguin
Nov 21, 08 9:12 AM CST
I know each outgoing President does this but that doesn't make it the right thing to do. Reply
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petepenguin
Nov 21, 08 11:17 PM CST
Does anyone else come on here?
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bluedov69
Nov 22, 08 2:44 AM CST
There is an obscure law by 1996 that says that congress can overturn any law that the president passes within 60 days. So just go George
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