Posted on 12/09/2016 5:15:29 PM PST by SkyPilot
Since Election Day, President Barack Obama has appointed 56 people to boards, commissions and offices in the hopes that they remain in those posts for years to come.
He has reduced the prison sentences of 79 federal inmates. He has handed out the nation’s highest civilian honor to 21 people who he said personally made an impact on his life. And he has churned out rules, regulations and policies several times a week.
Obama is trying to put the people and policies in place that he wants to outlast his presidency in the final weeks before Donald Trump takes over. And his supporters want more, way more.
Every president tries to push through last-minute policies before their time in office comes to a close. But this year has a more frantic feel as special interest groups push Obama to do more, not just because the president-elect is of a different party but because few people know what he will do.
“People are, as you can imagine, they are getting quite desperate,” said Rena Steinzor, a member of the Center for Progressive Reform, a liberal advocacy group, who is pressing Obama to act. “Filling boards and doing whatever he can to establish protections that Trump would have to unwind is a good strategy.”
With six weeks remaining, their to-do list for Obama is long:
They want him to issue an executive order requiring federal contractors to disclose their political donations. They want him to pardon immigrants in the country illegally and direct federal employees to quickly process applications for immigrants who came into the United States illegally as children.
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They want him to pardon immigrants in the country illegally
Suuuure! Hey, since he is pardoning foreigners, how about if he goes ahead and pardons half the population of China and all of North Korea! I mean, why not?
Can’t wait for this community activist to return to his community... if he can find one.
He could pardon all criminals in Kenya.
Pffffft! Also i think he has pardoned more than 79 people
Anything, that nitwit can come up with, Pres. Trump will be able to repeal in a flash. He is considerably more intelligent than the pitiful cabal that Obummer has installed.
His Community is anyone who hates America!!
Good luck, Barry. Ain’t gonna happen. You’re going to find out how lasting monuments are made, and how swiftly castles made of sand . . . well, you know.
And his supporters want more, way more.
A message to Trump
TRUMP THROW ALL THESE FU##ERS OUT
Unappoint.
We need a lot more of that - reform of progressivism. Oh wait, I don't think that is what he meant.
Who is going to win in a street fight? Obama or Trump?
Obama can’t even change his own tampon without a staff of 50 and a focus group. The man is a disgusting SIMP who surrounds himself with pretorian ass kissers.
Heh!
>> He has handed out the nation’s highest civilian honor to 21 people who he said personally made an impact on his life.
This is not designed for people who personally have an impact on the President. The appropriate award for them would be a personal thank you note. The award is for people who make a contribution to the country.
Yet again, 0vomit is all about I, me, my.
So tired if his ‘finger pointing’ lectures and affected speech. I want REALVILLE.
LOL!
He’s going to try, but Trump has a pen and a phone and he’s going to rip Obama’s policies out by the roots. It’s going to be magnificent to watch.
Good catch, ColdOne.
I thought Obama pardoned over 1,000 drug-related federal prisoners. A lot more than the 79 prisoners the author of this article claimed.
It’s like little kids building a tent-fort off the back of the couch.
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