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Saturday January 20 10:07 AM ET
Bush to Block Some Clinton Orders
By TOM RAUM, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) - President-elect Bush will move quickly to block
new Medicare guidelines, environmental protections and other late
executive actions by President Clinton (news - web sites),
Republican officials said Saturday.
As one of his first acts after taking office, Bush will issue an
order to effectively halt a series of last-minute executive
orders and rules by the outgoing president, the officials said.
Among those actions targeted are environmental restrictions on
runoff from animal feeding operations, and guidelines for managed
care programs under Medicare.
Clinton was leaving office Saturday with a flurry of decisions,
many of which have drawn sharp criticism from Republicans.
Bush will impose a moratorium that would for the time being block
any new rules from being printed in the Federal Register. That
would essentially block the most recent of Clinton's executive
orders because most rules cannot take effect until they have
appeared in the Federal Register for a certain period of time.
Older regulations would not be covered, but are actively under
review by the incoming Bush administration. Many may be
rescinded, Bush transition officials said.
The freeze would not affect presidential pardons.
The moratorium on regulations was expected to be announced by
incoming White House chief of staff Andrew Card, said officials
who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
Bush was also to issue executive orders on Saturday outlining
ethics guidelines for his administration and declaring a national
day of prayer, the officials said.
Imposing a freeze on rules has been used in the past by other
incoming presidents.
Then-President Ronald Reagan used a similar technique in 1981 to
block scores of last-minute executive orders by his predecessor,
Democrat Jimmy Carter.
And when he took office in 1993, Clinton moved quickly to block
several orders that Bush's father, George Bush, had put in place
in the closing days of his administration.
One would have required federal contractors to inform nonunion
employees of their rights to have any dues withheld from their
paychecks refunded. The younger Bush may issue a new executive
order reimposing that blocked order of his father's, the GOP
officials said.
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