In an Executive Order few have heard about, President Obama is trying to eliminate union competition for federal construction projects.

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Trasparency: A new law for Congress and the White House that both left and right can agree on. POLL

I actually read bills, think its fun. But there's one aspect of legislation that drives me up the wall and causes a whole bunch of confusion.

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Few people understand the challenges of transitioning from political campaigns to governing quite the way Macon Phillips does.

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Obama's Executive Orders Suck No. 3

With all the attention by the media on the economy, the corruption, the spendulous, budget crisis, Obama, Turbo Tax Cheat Geithner, and billions of taxpayer money being wasted, there is very little time to absorb much more of the information that we are all bombarded with daily.

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"I'm very grateful that President Obama has lifted the restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research," she wrote in a statement released shortly after Obama signed an executive order lifting the Bush-era restrictions.

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By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, as amended (42 U.S.C.

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Link Please

Ok I've read every previous version of the Recovery Act. I'm only on page 150/778 of the published Senate version.

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Before the first year of George W. Bush's presidency was through, he had moved to keep the secrets of his father from becoming public.

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In a meeting with retired military officers today, President Obama signed three new executive orders, one of which calls for shutting down the controversial Guantanamo Bay detention center in a year's time, as first reported by ABC News Wednesday.

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President Obama launched immediately into the grim reality of his new job today, placing calls to the leaders of Middle Eastern countries and preparing for his first presidential briefings on the economy and Iraq this afternoon.

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Obama Halts New or Pending Bush Regulations

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President-elect Barack Obama is expected to move swiftly to reverse executive orders regarding torture of terror suspects, the military prison at Guantanamo Bay and other controversial security policies, sources close to his transition said, in dramatic gestures aimed at reversin …

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President-elect Barack Obama is expected to move swiftly to reverse executive orders regarding torture of terror suspects, the military prison at Guantanamo Bay and other controversial security policies, sources close to his transition said, in dramatic gestures aimed at reversin …

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A new president can undo some of what his predecessor did, through memoranda or executive orders, having the force of law without Congressional approval. A new round will soon begin.

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Almost immediately after Barack Obama was elected president of the United States, a flurry of speculation began over when and how he would use his executive powers to undo some of the excesses of President George W Bush.

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The Obama transition team has indicated that it will recommend revoking hundreds of executive orders that the Bush administration championed, such as those affecting prohibitions on stem-cell research. A number of these orders greatly affect GLBT issues.

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To his credit, Obama said in his campaign that if he were elected, he would have his attorney general review all of Bush's uses of executive powers with a special eye to those that "trample on liberty."

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The United States military since 2004 has used broad, secret authority to carry out nearly a dozen previously undisclosed attacks against Al Qaeda and other militants in Syria, Pakistan and elsewhere, according to senior American officials.

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Raft of new Executive Orders to undo?

Please start shining a spotlight on the multitude of new executive orders being signed by Pres. Bush to circumvent the legislative branch & process.

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CNN's Jessica Yellin in Chicago appeared in its New York election headquarters as a hologram last night.

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A thing is about to happen which has not happened since the Elder Days. - J.R.R. Tolkien It has been a long and terrible time since tomorrow mattered as much as it does today.

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The President will no longer be able to change published executive orders in secret if a bill introduced to the Senate Thursday becomes law.

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Barack Obama told House Democrats on Tuesday that as president he would order his attorney general to scour White House executive orders and expunge any that "trample on liberty," several lawmakers said.

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It's a given in our democracy that laws should be a matter of public record.Keeping the law secret doesn't enhance national security, but it does give the government free rein to operate without oversight or accountability.

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Barack Obama told a cheering crowd at a town hall meeting in Casper today that he would restore respect for law in the White House by reviewing every executive order issued by President George W. Bush and discarding any deemed unconstitutional.

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