[NormsRevenge]

The House bill is HR 2829.

On the Net:

Text of Jan. 18 Executive Order 13422: http:http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/orders

[NRA2BFree]

I’m so unhappy with Bush that I personally don’t want him to have any additional powers. I’m afraid he’d use them somehow to grant a blanket amnesty. That’s what happens when you betray people. They will never trust you again.

[Sonny M]

bump.

[kingu]

It is the executive branch of the government, the president is in charge of the executive branch. It is not a ‘new’ grab for power, but maintaining the assertion that should have been there in the first place.

[Abathar]

""This can only further delay implementing health, safety and environmental protections," said Gary Bass, executive director of OMB Watch, a private watchdog group that joined numerous labor and good-government groups, including the AFL-CIO, Public Citizen and the Union of Concerned Scientists, in opposing Bush's order. "

When I see these groups FOR anything I immediately cheer for the other side and I haven't been wrong yet.

[jrp]

This sounds like a good thing to me - assert some control over regulatory agencies and also make them justify proposed new rules. Plus, if Loretta Sanchez and the AFL-CIO are opposed, its probably be a good thing to support.

[WhiteGuy]

President Bush is giving an obscure White House office new powers this month over a wide range of regulations affecting health, worker safety and the environment. Calling it a power grab, Democrats running Congress are intent on stopping him.

Uh, yeah, sorry, this jerk deserves LESS power NOT MORE!

and based on his performance, L’il bush and all who follow him need a whole lot more oversight, not less.