Article: NEW EXECUTIVE ORDER - LATEST WHITE HOUSE POWER GRAB

Public Citizen issued the following news release:

The White House today released a new executive order that will threaten the ability of the federal government to protect and inform the public, Public Citizen said today.

The order amends a series of previous executive orders that culminated in Executive Order No. 12,866, which the White House has used to give itself the power to review regulations before they can be officially published in the Federal Register. The new order applies the review power not just to regulations but also to what it calls "significant guidance documents."

"This order is just the latest in a series of unacceptable power grabs by the Bush administration," said Joan ...

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