Anti-Regulatory, Anti-Worker Bills Pass House
May 29, 2004 by Guest Blogger
The House advanced the regulatory rollback this month by passing five bills, one of which threatens safeguards across the board while the other four specifically target workplace health and safety protections.
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May 20, 2004 by Guest Blogger
The House of Representatives voted to pass five bills, four of which threaten workplace safety while the other threatens regulatory safeguards across the board.
read in fullOSHA Bills Protect Employers at Cost of Workers' Safety
May 17, 2004 by Guest Blogger
The House may soon consider four bills amending the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, which would effectively consolidate White House control over the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) and provide leniency to employers at the cost of the health and safety of workers.
read in fullAdministration Limits Objections to Forest Thinning
Jan 21, 2004 by Guest Blogger
The Bush administration issued an interim final rule Jan. 9 that limits the public’s ability to challenge forest-thinning projects under the recently enacted Healthy Forests Restoration Act, which allows increased logging purportedly to reduce the danger of wildfire.
read in fullAdministration Abandons Plan to Lift Wetlands Protections
Jan 7, 2004 by Guest Blogger
The Bush administration recently abandoned a proposal, sought by developers, to remove federal protection for as much as 20 million acres of wetlands after receiving more than 133,000 comments in opposition from environmentalists, sportsmen, state officials, and others.
read in fullProposal to Cut Overtime Pay Elicits Huge Response
Jul 10, 2003 by Guest Blogger
More than 75,000 people have written to the Department of Labor (DOL) in response to its proposed changes to overtime standards -- the most mail the agency has received on any similar issue in at least a decade,
according to the Washington Post.
New Forest Rules to Increase Logging, Limit Public Participation
Jun 2, 2003 by Guest Blogger
The Bush administration recently finalized standards that will allow more forest-thinning projects to evade the established environmental review process, including public appeals -- likely accelerating logging in forests.
read in fullProblems with the 'Regulatory Right-to-Know Act' (S. 59)
Mar 8, 2002 by Guest Blogger
1. It contains a burdensome requirement for cumulative cost-benefit analysis that has no practical utility for public policy. For the last three years, Congress has enacted appropriations riders requiring OMB to conduct a cumulative cost-benefit analysis, expressed in monetized figures, for all federal regulation.
read in fullProblems with the 'Regulatory Right-to-Know Act' (H.R. 1074)
Mar 8, 2002 by Guest Blogger
1. It contains a burdensome requirement for cumulative cost-benefit analysis that has no practical utility for public policy. For the last three years, Congress has enacted appropriations riders requiring OMB to conduct a cumulative cost-benefit analysis, expressed in monetized figures, for all federal regulation.
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