Bush aides rush to enact rules that Obama opposes

[DrPresident]

Source: New York Times

WASHINGTON — The Labor Department is racing to complete a new rule, strenuously opposed by President-elect Barack Obama, that would make it much harder for the government to regulate toxic substances and hazardous chemicals to which workers are exposed on the job.

The rule, which has strong support from business groups, says that in assessing the risk from a particular substance, federal agencies should gather and analyze “industry-by-industry evidence” of employees’ exposure to it during their working lives. The proposal would, in many cases, add a step to the lengthy process of developing standards to protect workers’ health.

Public health officials and labor unions said the rule would delay needed protections for workers, resulting in additional deaths and illnesses.

With the economy tumbling and American troops fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, President Bush has promised to cooperate with Mr. Obama to make the transition “as smooth as possible.” But that has not stopped his administration from trying, in its final days, to cement in place a diverse array of new regulations.

The Labor Department proposal is one of about 20 highly contentious rules the Bush administration is planning to issue in its final weeks. The rules deal with issues as diverse as abortion, auto safety and the environment.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/30/washington/30labor.html?_r=1&th&emc=th

[polichick]

1. Pure evil!

[LiberalinNC]

2. Just when I think this bs administration couldn't get any worse..

they do shit like this. Unfuckingbelivable!!!

[BlooInBloo]

4. Heh. I learned awhile ago to never think that....

Just for this reason.

[LiberalinNC]

7. Yeah, you'd think I'd learn my lesson!

:crazy:

[BlooInBloo]

3. They're happy to destroy themselves just to get back at us...

Hard to imagine reasoning with such people. Good luck, Obama.

[uponit7771]

5. This is one of the reasons why the neck of the GOP has to be stepped on choking them out...

...there's no reason for this shit other than themselves

[WinkyDink]

6. Why would Bush rules be "cemented" and not newer Obama ones overturning those?

[BumRushDaShow]

8. Rules usually require a public comment period

so it takes longer to overturn them. However, Shrub's people are forgetting "The Congressional Review Act of 1996" that would allow Congress to repeal all of this crap pretty quickly.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27721048/

[DrPresident]

9. Really? So there's a light at the end of this tunnel? n/m

[Window]

11. Thank God. * is a beast.

[cooolandrew]

10. Just 50 more days 6 hours 20 minutes left. =)

[opihimoimoi]

12. The Specialists in eliminating SULFER FUMES from the WHITE HOUSE have been contacted

and hired for a Jan 21 job...

Bush is an EVIL MAN helped along by equally evil People of the GOP.

If the Big GOP dudes had any moxie, they would clean their act by stifling Bush who has reduced their Party to that of almost Meaningless stature....

Bush is a loose cannon....an evil one

[Blarch]

13. My freeper friend supports this action ...

oh wait, I would never have a freeper friend.

[City Lights]

14. george wanker bush hates Americans.

He is a scum sucking asshole.

Go cheney yourself, george.

January 20th can't come quickly enough.