His time left can be dangerous for US. m/r
Executive orders, pardons, ‘midnight’ regulations expected as Obama presidency draws to close
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The Washington Times -
Tuesday, November 8, 2016
Look out for the executive orders, the “midnight” regulations and, perhaps most controversially, the pardons.
As
President Obama runs out the clock on his eight-year tenure, analysts
say, he still has plenty of business left undone, and they expect him to
follow the lead of other presidents and issue a series of rules, to add
to his list of executive orders, to continue his record-setting pace of
commutations and perhaps add a controversial pardon or two into the
mix.
“I do think a pardon for Huma and Weiner might happen,” said
Michael McKenna, a Republican lobbyist, referring to Huma Abedin and her
estranged husband, Anthony D. Weiner, whose emails are being scoured by
the FBI for wrongdoing.
Truly lame-duck presidents are freed from
political concerns, don’t have to worry about other elections and can
even help take political heat off their successor — or try to lock in
their own policies that their successor might not fully support.
For
Mr. Obama, who already has set records for the most expansive
regulatory agenda in U.S. history, his final months offer a chance to
pad his lead and plow new ground, particularly on energy and
environmental issues.
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