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Neil Gorsuch’s mother once ran the EPA. It didn’t go well.
washingtonpost.com ^ | February 1

Posted on 02/01/2017 7:36:30 AM PST by Helicondelta

Neil Gorsuch is the first member of his family chosen for a seat on the Supreme Court, but he isn’t the only Gorsuch nominated by a U.S. president to a key government post.

His mother, Anne Gorsuch, served as President Ronald Reagan’s first Environmental Protection Agency administrator and the first female leader in the agency’s history. But her short, tumultuous tenure was marked by sharp budget cuts, rifts with career EPA employees, a steep decline in cases filed against polluters and a scandal over the mismanagement of the Superfund cleanup program that ultimately led to her resignation in 1983.

Anne Gorsuch — like Reagan then and President Trump today — was a firm believer that the federal government was too big, too powerful and too eager to issue regulations that restricted businesses.

As a result, she slashed the EPA’s budget by nearly a quarter and, according to a Washington Post story at the time, boasted that she had reduced the thickness of the book of clean water regulations from six inches to a half inch.

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To: Helicondelta
Neil Gorsuch’s mother once ran the EPA. It didn’t go well.

Sounds like it went very well actually, except that she didn't get to finish the job of gutting them.

21 posted on 02/01/2017 7:53:26 AM PST by Envisioning (Trump is imposing the people's will on it's government......as it should be.)
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To: tomkat

You edited out the Superfund thing.


22 posted on 02/01/2017 7:53:37 AM PST by Lisbon1940 (No full-term Governors (at the time of election!)
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To: nclaurel; NorthMountain

See tagline.


23 posted on 02/01/2017 7:54:46 AM PST by Uncle Miltie (The Washington Post is Jeff Bezos' Fake News unregulated SuperPAC)
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To: Helicondelta
So much for de mortuis nil nisi bonum. The LORD rebuke Brady Dennis and Chris Mooney for attacking a dead woman in such a vile manner, with naught but innuendo and propaganda.

Brady Dennis Chris Mooney

24 posted on 02/01/2017 7:55:04 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: everyone; Helicondelta

Anne Gorsuch Burford, 62, Dies; Reagan EPA Director

Make sure to read her Obit!

25 posted on 02/01/2017 7:55:35 AM PST by onyx (DONATE MONTHLY!)
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To: Lisbon1940
So sue me   ;-)

It wasn't omitted for anyone who bothered to read at least the excerpt.

26 posted on 02/01/2017 7:56:04 AM PST by tomkat
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To: Opinionated Blowhard
Doesn't sound bad to me:

sharp budget cuts, rifts with career EPA employees, a steep decline in cases filed against polluters

27 posted on 02/01/2017 7:56:26 AM PST by mbarker12474
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To: Helicondelta

This story makes me believe that Mr. Schlafley (Phyllis’ son) remarks about Gorsuch don’t so much reflect someone who is not pro-life or is unwilling to overturn Roe V. Wade as unConstitutional, but someone who is keenly aware that anything you say or do can and will be used against you in these circles, and that the abortion question is a mine field.

He has sound underpinnings. He is NOT a David Souter or Anthony Kennedy as far as I , or anybody, can know.


28 posted on 02/01/2017 7:57:31 AM PST by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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To: Helicondelta

Compare to Trump’s pick for the Department of Education, Sally Yates.


29 posted on 02/01/2017 7:58:23 AM PST by mbarker12474
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To: Helicondelta

This article opens the door for claiming that the actions of the Parent explicitly direct the actions of the Child. Can anyone say Chelsea?


30 posted on 02/01/2017 7:59:42 AM PST by RedWing9 (Jesus Rocks Zero Sucks)
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To: tomkat

The Superfund thing was a partisan Dem attack on the future Justice’s mother. It needs to be exposed instead of swept under the rug.


31 posted on 02/01/2017 8:00:28 AM PST by Lisbon1940 (No full-term Governors (at the time of election!)
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To: tomkat; Rapscallion



32 posted on 02/01/2017 8:01:14 AM PST by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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To: Dr. Sivana

;-)


33 posted on 02/01/2017 8:07:35 AM PST by tomkat
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
I THOUGHT the name had a familiar ring to it.

I thought so too. Glad to get the puzzle solved.

34 posted on 02/01/2017 8:11:54 AM PST by dmd25
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To: tomkat

>>hunt democrats with dogs<<

Need a picture/cartoon.


35 posted on 02/01/2017 8:11:57 AM PST by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners. And to the NSA trolls, FU)
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To: Helicondelta

It may not have gone well because the bureaucracy had too much power.... something DJT will hopefully change.


36 posted on 02/01/2017 8:12:00 AM PST by SoFloFreeper (Isaiah 25:8)
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To: Helicondelta

Sounds like she did a great job! Hope these two Gorsuch’s are cut from the same cloth!


37 posted on 02/01/2017 8:16:21 AM PST by piytar (http://www.truthrevolt.org/videos/bill-whittle-number-one-bullet)
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To: Helicondelta

For me, WaPo’s hit piece backfires. Sounds like the mom totally rocked. If the son is anything like the mother, the SCOTUS pick is indeed a home run!


38 posted on 02/01/2017 8:17:04 AM PST by irishjuggler
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To: Helicondelta

Good. His mother has been crapped on by the Liberals for years. That helps solidifies in my mind and he will probably have resolve


39 posted on 02/01/2017 8:19:01 AM PST by BRL
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To: Lisbon1940

It was pure Alinskyism, making her a personal target, and cutting off her support network. It escalated so that even Joe Coors recommended she throw in the towel.


40 posted on 02/01/2017 8:21:08 AM PST by thulldud
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