Obama to use executive order to reverse Stem Cell Research ban and more

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Obama to use executive orders for immediate impact

WASHINGTON – President-elect Obama plans to use his executive powers to make an immediate impact when he takes office, perhaps reversing Bush administration policies on stem cell research and domestic drilling for oil and natural gas.

John Podesta, Obama's transition chief, said Sunday Obama is reviewing President Bush's executive orders on those issues and others as he works to undo policies enacted during eight years of Republican rule. He said the president can use such orders to move quickly on his own.

"There's a lot that the president can do using his executive authority without waiting for congressional action, and I think we'll see the president do that," Podesta said. "I think that he feels like he has a real mandate for change. We need to get off the course that the Bush administration has set."

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081109/ap_on_go_pr_wh/obam... ;_ylt=Aq9xU3KhcvXoT7uhorbY_7qs0NUE

[BOSSHOG]

1. And Obama will work to restore the sanctity of the constitution

that's gonna really piss off people with conservative values.

[Sinistrous]

2. I want one of Obama's first orders to reverse bush's first executive order

that prohibited agencies receiving US aid from counselling women about abortion availability.

That one has stuck in my craw for eight years.

[lunatica]

3. Obama is going to get writer's cramp

Just from signing Bush reversals. I hope he does it as publicly as Bush did too. I want to watch as our Constitution is restored one signature at a time.