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October 31, 2008

Bush Admin in Frantic Deregulation Rush Before January Exit
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The Bush administration is making a final push for deregulation in its
remaining months in office. The White House is seeking to do away with
government safeguards protecting consumers and the environment. Some of
the provisions the White House wants to ease or undo include standards
on drinking water, emissions of global warming-causing pollutants,
commercial fishing and mountaintop coal removal. The Washington Post
says the move amounts to “the most controversial deregulatory steps of
the Bush era.”



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