Bush Aides Rush to Enact a Rule Obama Opposes

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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.

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

[BrklynLiberal]

1. ..and this is going on at the same time that prez shit-for-brains and his catatonic wife

are appearing on all the Sun AM shows trying to "rehabilitate" his image? What a crock of crapola!!!

I wonder if any of the "courageous" pundits will ask about all this last minute sabotage that is going on.

[indepat]

2. Fucking America and Americans to the bitter end as lagniappe to all the destruction

and death wrought these past 94 months. :P

[MasonJar]

3. It is too late! All policies enacted by Bush order after his final 60 days

can be thrown out without any trouble. And mercifully we are now under 60 more days. This had BETTER be reversed by Obama

[quidam56]

4. Appalachia is turning into a toxic waste dump third world America

Thanks to Presidebt Bush and THE COAL INDUSTRY ! http://www.wisecountyissues.com END MOUNTAIN TOP REMOVAL !