Posted on 11/22/2011 10:17:14 AM PST by Sub-Driver
Democrat criticizes Obama for '4,200 pages' of pending regulations By Joshua Altman - 11/22/11 12:29 PM ET
Former Democratic Sen. Blanche Lincoln (Ark.) attacked the Obama administration Tuesday for proposing a litany of new regulations she says are hurting the economy.
"You’ve got 4,200 pages of pending, new regulations to be put on the books that just create huge uncertainty,” Lincoln said.
Lincoln lost her reelection bid last year to Sen. John Boozman (R-Ark.) and is now chairwoman of the Small Businesses for Sensible Regulations campaign at the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB).
The former two-term senator said in August that the goal of the NFIB campaign is to "encourage the administration to take the opportunity now to look at the ways that you can interject things that will create more efficient and effective regulations."
Republicans on Capitol Hill and on the presidential campaign trail have hammered the White House on regulations, claiming "job-killing" rules are holding back the economic recovery and depressing business investment. House Republicans made a drive to eliminate regulations the centerpiece of their fall jobs campaign.
Despite her push to reduce the number of regulations, Lincoln said she does not support eliminating federal agencies, as some of the Republican presidential candidates have proposed.
“This is not a group that is about eliminating agencies or eliminating all regulation. This is a group that understands that clean air and clean water and safety in the workplace are important, but you got to be reasonable about what we’re doing here in terms of what it’s costing small businesses and big businesses.”
they wouldn’t complain if Obama was doing well in the polls .. they didn’t complain about Obamacare did they?
Gee Blanche, you are quite the irony bitch aren't you? Did you think of "Sensible Regulation" when you were senator?
LOL! Love it! Thanks!
There are close to 80 000 pages of regulations pertaining to charging for Medicare services.
Tens of thousands of people are employed to monitor compliance.
4200 pages is nothing.
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