Can you say, “Screeching Halt“?
WASHINGTON (CNN)– President Obama has wasted no time handling the Bush administration’s unfinished business.
White House officials tell CNN Obama Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel sent a memo Tuesday to all agencies and departments of the federal government. The memo halts further consideration of pending regulations throughout the government until a legal and policy review can be conducted by the Obama administration.
This may hold up some necessary or desirable things — but it should also catch some of the in-the-pipeline end-of-term Bush mischief.
Other changes already happening, too …