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Obama weighing executive actions on housing, gays and other issues
Washington Post ^ | 2/10/13 | Zachary A. Goldfarb

Posted on 02/10/2013 7:16:06 PM PST by Libloather

President Obama is considering a series of new executive actions aimed at working around a recalcitrant Congress, including policies that could allow struggling homeowners to refinance their mortgages, provide new protections for gays and lesbians, make buildings more energy-efficient and toughen regulations for coal-fired power plants, according to people outside the White House involved in discussions on the issues.

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The administration declined to provide details on timing of the possible actions; one White House official said the moves to boost housing, retrofit buildings, offer same-sex protections or issue new environmental rules were not imminent. Obama may touch on some of the actions in broad terms during his State of the Union address Tuesday, but he is unlikely to lay them out in detail.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 113th; bho44; bhoeo; executive; gays; homosexualagenda; housing; obama
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Is there really a need for Congress any more?
1 posted on 02/10/2013 7:16:14 PM PST by Libloather
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To: Libloather

Bow Down to the King.....(FU BO)


2 posted on 02/10/2013 7:18:04 PM PST by goodnesswins (R.I.P. Doherty, Smith, Stevens, Woods.)
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To: Libloather

Excuse me....but doesn’t the House pass any funding bills? Is The First Marxist going to pay for all those foreclosures from his campaign stash? He certainly can’t write the checks from the U.S. Treasury....unless the toothless, worthless GOP cowards in the House roll over again.


3 posted on 02/10/2013 7:19:22 PM PST by txrefugee
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To: Libloather
You stupid, weak-kneed, linguini-spined, cowardly GOP---STOP HIM!!! STOP THIS DICTATOR-IN-THE-MAKING TODAY!! NOW!
4 posted on 02/10/2013 7:19:38 PM PST by Thorliveshere (Tais deau sá taghdedaul!)
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To: Libloather

Y’know. The ‘important stuff’. JOBS and the economy don’t exist. The global caliphate of fagdom is important.


5 posted on 02/10/2013 7:22:18 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Great vid by ShorelineMike! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOZjJk6nbD4&feature=plcp)
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To: Libloather

Yet more Fuhrer directives....


6 posted on 02/10/2013 7:22:20 PM PST by GenXteacher (You have chosen dishonor to avoid war; you shall have war also.)
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To: Libloather
working around a recalcitrant Congress

We used to think that having three branches of government was a good thing -- but Obama has shown us how foolish we were. So let it be written. So let it be done.

7 posted on 02/10/2013 7:28:59 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (Nothing will change until after the war.)
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It’s high time that the conservatives in Congress and the other elected representatives honor their oathes by drawing a red line on the steps of the White House defending the Constitution.


8 posted on 02/10/2013 7:30:15 PM PST by Enough is ENOUGH (Take note of all of the collectivist changes that we have been experiencing. When is Enough ENOUGH?)
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It’s high time that the conservatives in Congress and the other elected representatives honor their oathes by drawing a red line on the steps of the White House defending the Constitution.


9 posted on 02/10/2013 7:33:26 PM PST by Enough is ENOUGH (Take note of all of the collectivist changes that we have been experiencing. When is Enough ENOUGH?)
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To: Libloather

Why is there a run on guns and ammunition?


10 posted on 02/10/2013 7:37:09 PM PST by gitmo ( If your theology doesn't become your biography it's useless.)
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allow struggling homeowners Democrats to refinance their mortgages.

The only loans that will be affected will be GSE loans through Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac which means -low income borrowers. That means Democrats. that means they're taking from Republicans and giving to Democrats.

In 1992, President George H.W. Bush signed the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992.[15] The Act amended the charter of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to reflect Congress' view that the GSEs "... have an affirmative obligation to facilitate the financing of affordable housing for low- and moderate-income families in a manner consistent with their overall public purposes, while maintaining a strong financial condition and a reasonable economic return;"[16] For the first time, the GSEs were required to meet "affordable housing goals" set annually by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and approved by Congress. The initial annual goal for low-income and moderate-income mortgage purchases for each GSE was 30% of the total number of dwelling units financed by mortgage purchases[17] and increased to 55% by 2007.

In 1999, Fannie Mae came under pressure from the Clinton administration to expand mortgage loans to low and moderate income borrowers by increasing the ratios of their loan portfolios in distressed inner city areas designated in the CRA of 1977.[18] Additionally, institutions in the primary mortgage market pressed Fannie Mae to ease credit requirements on the mortgages it was willing to purchase, enabling them to make loans to subprime borrowers at interest rates higher than conventional loans.[18]

11 posted on 02/10/2013 7:38:03 PM PST by RC one (.From My Cold Dead Hands.)
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To: Libloather

des·pot·ism (dsp-tzm)
n.
1. Rule by or as if by a despot; absolute power or authority.
2. The actions of a despot; tyranny.
3.
a. A government or political system in which the ruler exercises absolute power: “Kerensky has a place in history, of a brief interlude between despotisms” (William Safire).
b. A state so ruled.


12 posted on 02/10/2013 7:38:25 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (I'll raise $2million for Sarah Palin's presidential run. What'll you do?)
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To: Libloather
As my new tagline says, The Founding Fathers would be shooting by now.
13 posted on 02/10/2013 7:41:43 PM PST by WXRGina (The Founding Fathers would be shooting by now.)
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To: GenXteacher

Yeah, they’re not executive orders...they’re royal decrees.
Congress better grow a pair and quick.


14 posted on 02/10/2013 7:41:56 PM PST by Ouchthatonehurt
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To: Libloather

What kind of weird congress would pass legislation giving such wide latitude to the executive branch? That’s a dereliction of duty.


15 posted on 02/10/2013 7:42:41 PM PST by andyk (I have sworn...eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.)
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To: Libloather

SOMEBODY STOP THIS SOB M-F.


16 posted on 02/10/2013 7:43:25 PM PST by beethovenfan (If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
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To: Libloather
Would someone please tell me what the role of the Executive Branch is these days? So much for division of powers and checks and balances. One man, and a bunch of unelected cronies, strong arming their way to get what they want in the Supreme Court, bypassing Congress, ruling by decree, chastising anyone from the other branches of government that don't do their bidding, going after private firms that give honest assessments of the economic disaster they created (i.e. Standard and Poor’s).

What exactly makes Obama different than Chavez?

17 posted on 02/10/2013 7:45:35 PM PST by pieceofthepuzzle
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To: WXRGina

Agreed. We can’t see the trees of tyranny for the forest of dependency.


18 posted on 02/10/2013 7:47:55 PM PST by andyk (I have sworn...eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.)
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To: Libloather
RE :”provide new protections for gays and lesbians,”

??? Protections? How about requiring by law gay men inform other gay men of their HIV status before sex (term loosely used)?

He's the symbolist POTUS. He cares, that's all that counts.

19 posted on 02/10/2013 7:48:47 PM PST by sickoflibs (Losing to Dems and Obama is not a principle! Its just losing.)
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To: Libloather

Going full Cloward–Piven Marxist on us.


20 posted on 02/10/2013 7:49:35 PM PST by Red Steel
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