WH Delayed Enacting Rules/Regs until after Election

[volinbham]

White House delayed enacting rules ahead of 2012 election to avoid controversy - The Washington Post

The Obama administration has repeatedly said that any delays until after the election were coincidental and that such decisions were made without regard to politics. But seven current and former administration officials told The Washington Post that as Obama’s top aides focused on avoiding controversy the motives behind many of the delays were clearly political,before his reelection.

The number and scope of delays under Obama went well beyond those of his predecessors, who helped shape rules but did not have the same formalized controls, said current and former officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the topic.

The officials interviewed for the ACUS report, whose names were withheld from publication by the study authors, said that starting in 2012 they had to meet with an OIRA desk officer before submitting each significant rule for formal review. They called the sessions “Mother-may-I” meetings, according to the study.

The accounts were echoed by four Obama administration political appointees and three career officials interviewed by The Post.

I'm guessing this article is the first Obama has heard of this.

 

[BearCat204]

Shocked I tell you

 

[volinbham]

Shocked I tell you

Yep - who would have thought that a guy who claimed to be above politics and routinely attacks his opponents for playing politics would actually play politics.

Stunning.

Somehow this is Bush's fault

 

[DC_Vol]

Obama knowingly told a mountain of lies to the American people. He fully understood that if that if the truth about ObamaCare was known, it would never have been stomached by the people.

A reelection mounted and won on a heap of lies is illegitimate.

 

[volinbham]

Obama knowingly told a mountain of lies to the American people. He fully understood that if that if the truth about ObamaCare was known, it would never have been stomached by the people.

A reelection mounted and won on a heap of lies is illegitimate.

Couldn't you argue that about a lot of reelections?

It's up to the people not be duped.

 

[DC_Vol]

Couldn't you argue that about a lot of reelections?

It's up to the people not be duped.

I suppose you could.

The "it's up to the people not to be duped" standard seems to only be applicable in politics.

 

[volinbham]

The "it's up to the people not to be duped" standard seems to only be applicable in politics.

Good point but I think product liability laws are too restrictive.

Overall, the law wasn't broken here but the public trust certainly has been - repeatedly.

 

[DC_Vol]

Good point but I think product liability laws are too restrictive.

Overall, the law wasn't broken here but the public trust certainly has been - repeatedly.

Less like product liability. More like outright fraud. ACA debacle makes Madoff look like a piker.

 

[BigPapaVol]

Good point but I think product liability laws are too restrictive.

Overall, the law wasn't broken here but the public trust certainly has been - repeatedly.

Come on. He did it openly, loudly and unapologetically in pushing the Obamacare abortion down our throats. The timing was purely political.

 

[volinbham]

Come on. He did it openly, loudly and unapologetically in pushing the Obamacare abortion down our throats. The timing was purely political.

agree 100% - no crime though

 

[DC_Vol]

agree 100% - no crime though

Only reason is because he's in politics. Had a business committed fraud on this scale, holder and Obama would be mugging for cameras, demonizing greedy corporate entities, and ensuring entire leadership does time.

 

[tim]

This fugger cut down a whole forrest of cherry trees.

 

[govols/cc]

This fugger cut down a whole forrest of cherry trees.

The other guy at least came clean.

 

[lawgator1]

Wow.

Seven of them.

And none named so we can check into the claim.

Convenient.

 

[govols/cc]

Wow.

Seven of them.

And none named so we can check into the claim.

Convenient.

"Denial" isn't just a river in Egypt.

 

[Grand Vol]

Couldn't you argue that about a lot of reelections?

It's up to the people not be duped.

Yeah, try catching the "people's" attention for more than 30 seconds at a time.

 

[hog88]

Wow.

Seven of them.

And none named so we can check into the claim.

Convenient.

I agree, no way this administration would pull something so underhanded as this. This is the most transparent administration ever....

 

[BearCat204]

Wow.

Seven of them.

And none named so we can check into the claim.

Convenient.

 

[golfballs]

White House delayed enacting rules ahead of 2012 election to avoid controversy - The Washington Post





I'm guessing this article is the first Obama has heard of this.

It was obvious at the time

 

[lawgator1]

I agree, no way this administration would pull something so underhanded as this. This is the most transparent administration ever....

You don't find it odd that a GOP-aligned newspaper writes a story claiming to have talked to SEVEN former administration officials about this, not one of whom they name, but they talked to plenty of former Bush people who said that whatever it is they were told, its worse under Obama than Bush?

Come on. Grow up.

Certainly if we knew who they were you could see where they worked and when, and whether they REALLY had input or a role in such processes, not to mention the circumstances under which they left the employer they now claim to have the dirt on.

Imagine if MSNBC claimed that seven former GOP administration officials claimed to have the inside skinny on the next GOP presidential hopeful, but won't name them or give one iota of information about them or whether they were truly in a position to know what they claim to know.

You'd be at least a little skeptical.

 

[hog88]

You don't find it odd that a GOP-aligned newspaper writes a story claiming to have talked to SEVEN former administration officials about this, not one of whom they name, but they talked to plenty of former Bush people who said that whatever it is they were told, its worse under Obama than Bush?

Come on. Grow up.

Certainly if we knew who they were you could see where they worked and when, and whether they REALLY had input or a role in such processes, not to mention the circumstances under which they left the employer they now claim to have the dirt on.

Imagine if MSNBC claimed that seven former GOP administration officials claimed to have the inside skinny on the next GOP presidential hopeful, but won't name them or give one iota of information about them or whether they were truly in a position to know what they claim to know.

You'd be at least a little skeptical.

Not every news outlet than runs a negative story about Obama is "GOP aligned", grow up.

This isn't breaking news either, it came out before the election that the EPA was delaying new regulations until after the election, that is fact. What would make you think they didn't do it with other departments?

Report: 'EPA Rules Placed On Hold until after the Election Spell Doom for Jobs and Economic Growth' | CNS News

EPA's Insanely Ambitious Agenda If Obama Is Reelected - Forbes

.: U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works :: Minority Page :.

Of course all are "GOP aligned" right?

 

[Grand Vol]

You don't find it odd that a GOP-aligned newspaper writes a story claiming to have talked to SEVEN former administration officials about this, not one of whom they name, but they talked to plenty of former Bush people who said that whatever it is they were told, its worse under Obama than Bush?

Come on. Grow up.

Certainly if we knew who they were you could see where they worked and when, and whether they REALLY had input or a role in such processes, not to mention the circumstances under which they left the employer they now claim to have the dirt on.

Imagine if MSNBC claimed that seven former GOP administration officials claimed to have the inside skinny on the next GOP presidential hopeful, but won't name them or give one iota of information about them or whether they were truly in a position to know what they claim to know.

You'd be at least a little skeptical.

So you are telling me you would find it perfectly normal for a news agency to reveal their sources that give them under the table information in a time when witch hunts for people who leak information is at it's highest?

C'mon man, nobody is that dumb.

 

[AirVol]

"After my election I have more flexibility"

Obama open mic slip: 'After my election I have more flexibility' - YouTube

 

[lawgator1]

Not every news outlet than runs a negative story about Obama is "GOP aligned", grow up.

This isn't breaking news either, it came out before the election that the EPA was delaying new regulations until after the election, that is fact. What would make you think they didn't do it with other departments?

Report: 'EPA Rules Placed On Hold until after the Election Spell Doom for Jobs and Economic Growth' | CNS News

EPA's Insanely Ambitious Agenda If Obama Is Reelected - Forbes

.: U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works :: Minority Page :.

Of course all are "GOP aligned" right?

There are always stories about this kind of thing with every president. The "news" here was that it was "soooooo" much worse this time than previous, and that depends on these unnamed SEVEN people.

 

[lawgator1]

So you are telling me you would find it perfectly normal for a news agency to reveal their sources that give them under the table information in a time when witch hunts for people who leak information is at it's highest?

C'mon man, nobody is that dumb.

Article says current and former. To not name one of the seven suggests either the writer is exaggerating what they are saying, or, shall we say, "interpreting" it.