Imperial Presidency

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White House Pushes for Sunsets, Reorganization Power 02/22/2006
The White House used its annual budget submission yet again as a platform to call for policies that would distort the management of government programs. Read More

EPA May Be Next for Power to Waive Law 10/04/2005
The push to establish an Imperial Presidency kicked into overdrive when Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) introduced a bill that would give the Environmental Protection Agency the power to waive or weaken the law for matters related to Hurricane Katrina. Read More

White House Finds in Katrina Recovery 'Opportunity' to Waive Needed Protections 09/19/2005
Though most government agencies have worked diligently to alleviate the untold burdens on Hurricane Katrina's victims and to expedite recovery in a safe and effective manner, several agencies have taken the opportunity to waive needed protections, thus possibly putting recovery workers and others at greater risk. Read More

Homeland Security Waives Law for Border Fence Construction 09/19/2005
Apparently taking advantage of media focus on Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that it is exercising its newly acquired power to waive apparently all law in order to expedite construction of border fencing near San Diego. Read More

White House Demands Power to Restructure Government 07/11/2005
The White House finally released last week its proposal for legislation granting the Bush administration wide-ranging powers to restructure government programs and force them to plead for their lives every 10 years. Read More

Corporate-Conservative Alliance Plots Attack on Safeguards 04/19/2005
From many small and supposedly disconnected proposals, a larger pattern is emerging: corporate special interests and conservative lawmakers are conspiring to mount a comprehensive assault on regulatory protections, on a scale equivalent to the broad-based attacks of the Contract With America. Read More

Sunset, Results Commission Proposals Likely 04/04/2005
Both the White House and congressional Republicans have vowed to introduce legislative packages that would force programs to fight for their lives every 10 years and would link controversial performance ratings to decisions about the very structure of government. Read More

Emperor Bush? 02/22/2005

How the White House and Congress Are Establishing an Imperial Presidency

Analyses of pending and expected antiregulatory proposals have revealed the usual themes from years past � net benefits, regulatory budgeting, sunsets, and so on. An unexpected theme has also been emerging, which is worth noting for anyone committed to a progressive vision of an open, accountable government responsive to public needs: a trend in favor of concentrating power in the White House free of democratic accountability. In short, the creation of an imperial presidency. Read More