The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative
Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other
shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org.
November 10, 2008

Aides: Obama to Seek Tax Cuts, Reverse Bush Exec Orders
-------------------------------------------------------



Aides to President-elect Barack Obama have begun to outline his top
priorities upon taking office. On Sunday, incoming chief of staff Rahm
Emanuel said Obama would push ahead with a middle-class tax cut and a
tax increase for higher-income Americans. Obama has pledged to undo the
Bush administration tax cut for Americans making more than $250,000 a
year. Emanuel also said Obama would move to expand healthcare access,
but didn’t give details. Meanwhile, Obama’s transition team says it’s
reviewing hundreds of actions taken by President Bush using executive
authority. The Obama camp says it might overturn a wide variety of
executive orders, including limits on stem cell research, abortion
funding and the expansion of oil and gas drilling.



.