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Original Post Date: 2008-11-11 Time: 01:00:17 Posted By: Jan
[I got this note from an intelligence friend in the Middle East who saw this in a very negative light. Let’s see what Obama tries to do. We in South Africa have been in for some wild rides… now its the turn of you Americans. Jan]
Obama to use executive orders for immediate impact
By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press Writer Stephen
Ohlemacher, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON – President-elect Obama plans to use his
executive powers to make an immediate impact when he takes
office, perhaps reversing Bush administration policies on
stem cell research and domestic drilling for oil and natural
gas.
John Podesta, Obama’s transition chief, said Sunday Obama is
reviewing President Bush’s executive orders on those issues
and others as he works to undo policies enacted during eight
years of Republican rule. He said the president can use such
orders to move quickly on his own.
“There’s a lot that the president can do using his executive
authority without waiting for congressional action, and I
think we’ll see the president do that,” Podesta said. “I
think that he feels like he has a real mandate for change.
We need to get off the course that the Bush administration
has set.”
Podesta also said Obama is working to build a diverse
Cabinet. That includes reaching out to Republicans and
independents (151) part of the broad coalition that supported
Obama during the race against Republican John McCain.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates has been mentioned as a
possible holdover.
“He’s not even a Republican,” Senate Majority Leader Harry
Reid of Nevada said. “Why wouldn’t we want to keep him? He’s
never been a registered Republican.”
Obama was elected on a promise of change, but the nature of
the job makes it difficult for presidents to do much that
has an immediate impact on the lives of average people.
Congress plans to take up a second economic aid plan before
year’s end (151) an effort Obama supports. But it could be
months or longer before taxpayers see the effect.
Obama could use his executive powers to at least signal that
Washington is changing.
“Obama’s advantage of course is he’ll have the House and the
Senate working with him, and that makes it easier,” said
Carl Tobias, a law professor at the University of
Richmond. “But even then, having an immediate impact is very
difficult to do because the machinery of government doesn’t
move that quickly.”
Presidents long have used executive orders to impose policy
and set priorities. One of Bush’s first acts was to
reinstate full abortion restrictions on U.S. overseas aid.
The restrictions were first ordered by President Reagan and
the first President Bush followed suit. President Clinton
lifted them soon after he occupied the Oval Office and it
wouldn’t be surprising if Obama did the same.
Executive orders “have the power of law and they can cover
just about anything,” Tobias said in a telephone interview.
Bush used his executive power to limit federal spending on
embryonic stem cell research, a position championed by
opponents of abortion rights who argue that destroying
embryos is akin to killing a fetus. Obama has supported the
research in an effort to find cures for diseases such as
Alzheimer’s. Many moderate Republicans also support the
research, giving it the stamp of bipartisanship.
On drilling, the federal Bureau of Land Management is
opening about 360,000 acres of public land in Utah to oil
and gas drilling. Bush administration officials argue that
the drilling will not harm sensitive areas;
environmentalists oppose it.
“They want to have oil and gas drilling in some of the most
sensitive, fragile lands in Utah,” Podesta said. “I think
that’s a mistake.”
Two top House Republicans said there is a willingness to try
to work with Obama to get things done. But they said to
expect Republicans to serve as a check against the power
held by Obama and Democratic leaders in Congress.
“It’s going to be a cheerful opposition,” said Rep. Mike
Pence, R-Ind. “We’re going to carry those timeless
principles of limited government, a strong defense,
traditional values, to the American people.”
Pence, of Indiana, is expected to take over the No. 3
leadership post among House Republicans.
In other transition matters, Obama’s new chief of staff,
Rahm Emanuel, would not say whether Obama would return to
the Senate for votes during the postelection session this
month. Obama’s presence would be extraordinary, given his
position as president-elect, especially if Congress takes up
a much-anticipated economic stimulus plan.
“I think that the basic approach has been he’s going to be
here in Chicago, setting up his economic, not only his
economic team, but the policies he wants to outline for the
country as soon as he gets sworn in, so we hit the ground
running,” Emanuel said.
Also, Emanuel would not commit to a Democratic proposal to
help the auto industry with some of the $700 billion
approved by Congress to for the financial bailout.
Reid and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said in a
letter Saturday to Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson that the
administration should consider expanding the bailout to
include car companies.
Podesta appeared on “Fox News Sunday,” as did Pence, and
CNN’s “Late Edition,” where Reid also was interviewed.
Emanuel spoke on ABC’s “This Week” and CBS’ “Face the
Nation.”
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On the Net:
Transition office: http://change.gov//p>