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Trump Signs Executive Order Slashing Small Business Regulations
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday aimed at slashing regulations on American small businesses. The order will expand regulatory review with the goal of dramatically peeling back federal regulations. The order is the Trump administration’s first step in repealing two regulations for every new regulation put forth, CNBC reports. The measure also sets a $0 budget…Robert Donachie -
Relief Is on the Way: What Trump’s Obamacare Executive Order Will Do
A newly inaugurated President Donald Trump rang the opening bell for what will be a multistep process to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, as he signed an executive order on Friday directing his subordinates to: exercise all authority and discretion available to them to waive, defer, grant exemptions from, or delay…Edmund Haislmaier -
Trump Signs Executive Order Curbing Obamacare
Hours after taking the oath of office, President Donald Trump followed up on his campaign pledge to start chipping away at Obamacare and curb federal regulations. Trump signed an executive order Friday evening in the Oval Office “to ease the burden of Obamacare as we transition to repeal and replace,” White House press secretary Sean…Fred Lucas -
Loading…. Obama’s Cyber Executive Order Remains Unused
In April 2015, President Obama signed Executive Order 13964, “Blocking the Property of Certain Persons Engaging in Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities.” Executive Order 13964 took two significant steps toward safeguarding cybersecurity: Declaring a state of “national emergency” to deal with the “increasing prevalence and severity of malicious cyber-enabled activities”; and Creating a framework for the…Alton Martin -
New Pro-Amnesty Lawsuit Undermines Obama’s Case for His Amnesty Executive Order
Next month, the Supreme Court of the United States will hear oral argument in United States v. Texas, which is the legal challenge by Texas and numerous other states to the Obama administration’s “Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents” (DAPA) program. That program sought to provide amnesty for 5 million illegal…Andrew Kloster -
Obama Issues Executive Order Requiring Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors
President Barack Obama took Labor Day to sign an executive order that will require federal contractors to provide employees with up to seven days of paid sick leave, condemning Republicans for a “constant attack on working Americans.” The White House estimated that the order will impact more than 300,000 workers who currently do not receive such…Natalie Johnson -
What’s Wrong with Obama’s Energy, Emissions Executive Order
President Obama signed Thursday an executive order to require executive agencies to improve energy efficiency and cut greenhouse gas emissions. One has to hope the order will save taxpayers money, because it won’t make a dent in global temperatures. Headlines have focused on the top line features of the plan, requiring executive branch departments and…Katie Tubb -
Obama Punts Amnesty Executive Order Until After November Elections
President Obama won’t take any executive action on immigration in the coming weeks, opting instead to wait until after this fall’s midterm elections. Worried about backlash at the polls, Obama delayed his amnesty executive order. Despite an earlier promise to act before the end of summer, the White House confirmed today that Obama had instead…Rob Bluey -
Obama’s Continuous Executive Orders
June’s Supreme Court ruling limiting President Obama’s authority to make recess appointments is a victory for constitutional government. But before Americans celebrate too much, they should take heed of the White House spin the next day. After saying how deeply disappointed the president was, Press Secretary Josh Earnest added: “The president is in no way…Kim Holmes