Stem Cell, Climate Rules Among Targets of President-Elect’s Team
By Ceci Connolly and R. Jeffrey Smith
Washington Post Staff Writers
Transition advisers to President-elect Barack Obama have compiled a list of about 200 Bush administration actions and executive orders that could be swiftly undone to reverse White House policies on climate change, stem cell research, reproductive rights and other issues, according to congressional Democrats, campaign aides and experts working with the transition team.
A team of four dozen advisers, working for months in virtual solitude, set out to identify regulatory and policy changes Obama could implement soon after his inauguration. The team is now consulting with liberal advocacy groups, Capitol Hill staffers and potential agency chiefs to prioritize those they regard as the most onerous or ideologically offensive, said a top transition official who was not permitted to speak on the record about the inner workings of the transition.
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theres so much more that needs addressing than stem cell reasearch and climate change. I just pray that Obama has the courage to stand up to all those whove had it so good for the past 8 yrs. and arent wanting to let go so easy for change