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Obama to reverse some of Bush's executive orders
*WASHINGTON (CNN)* -- President-elect Barack Obama could reverse some of President Bush's most controversial executive orders, including restrictions on embryonic stem cell research, shortly after taking office in January. President-elect Barack Obama may overturn many of the executive orders that President Bush implemented. Image: Two other executive orders from Bush -- one dealing with a so-called "gag" order on international aid organizations regarding abortion, the other with oil and gas drilling on federal lands -- also are receiving increased scrutiny. Obama's transition team is reviewing hundreds of Bush's executive orders, according to John Podesta, Obama's transition co-chair. New presidents often use executive orders to put their stamp on Washington quickly. Unlike laws, which require months to complete and the consent of Congress, presidents can use their executive authority to order federal agencies to implement current policies. "Much of what a president does, he really has to do with the Congress -- for example, budgeting, legislation on policy -- but executive actions are ones where the president can act alone," said Martha Kumar of the White House Transition Project, a nonpartisan group established to help new presidential administrations
U.S. deficit pegged at $1.2 trillion in 2009
*I guess GW has alot of 'spainin to do...* *Sheldon Alberts, Washington Correspondent, Canwest News Service* Published: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 WASHINGTON - The U.S. federal budget deficit will reach at least $1.2 trillion in 2009, almost triple its level last year, and could soar several hundred billion dollars higher with the expected passage of a massive economic stimulus package being touted by president-elect Barack Obama. The news that Washington is awash in record amounts of red ink came Wednesday from the Congressional Budget Office, which cited a collapse in government revenue and last year's financial bailout of Wall Street for the unprecedented jump in its deficit projection. *The news that Washington is awash in record amounts of red ink came Wednesday from the Congressional Budget Office, which cited a collapse in government revenue and last year’s financial bailout of Wall Street for the unprecedented jump in its deficit projection.* *Daniel Acker* "This is one of the worst budget forecasts I have seen in my lifetime," said Senator Kent Conrad, the Democratic chairman of the Senate budget committee. "President-elect Obama is being handed an absolute fiscal disaster." As recently as September, the CBO had estimated the 2009 deficit at $440 billion, and its increase reflects the impact of the economic collapse on federal coffers
Joe the plumber headed to Middle East
What??? Weird Al Yankovich's scheduale was full? It's truly scraping the bottom of the barrell when such "scions" as conservative media outlet Pajamas Media try to generate interest from what the Plumber says Joe the plumber headed to Middle East () Posted: 02:01 PM ET Then-Sen. Obama's chance meeting with Wurzelbacher on the campaign trail in October turned the Ohio plumber into a nationally-known figure. Image: *(CNN)* – Joe Wurzelbacher: Plumber. Campaign celebrity. Foreign correspondent? ‘Joe the Plumber’ is headed overseas to try his hand at covering the conflict in Gaza, Wurzelbacher’s publicist Thomas Tabback confirmed to CNN Wednesday. Wurzelbacher plans to spend 10 days in Israel reporting on the conflict for pjtv.com, a Web site run by conservative media outlet Pajamas Media. The famous plumber will be focusing on the Israeli perspective on the situation. "It's tragic, I mean it really is,” Wurzelbacher told CNN affiliate WNWO “I don't say that in any little way. It's very tragic, but at the same time what are the Israeli people supposed to do.” Wurzelbacher told WNWO he’s not worried about the potential dangers of his new gig. "Being a Christian I'm pretty well protected by God I believe. That's not saying he's going to stop a mortar for me, but you gotta take the chance,” he told the CNN affiliate. “Israeli officials are very excited to have him,” Tabback told CNN.
More the Marry in Bountiful, BC
According to a CBC report, two leaders from the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Bountiful, BC, were charged with bigamy. Quote: "Two rival leaders of a religious community in Bountiful, B.C., have been charged with practising polygamy. The CBC has confirmed that Winston Blackmore and James Oler were charged on Tuesday for alleged offences that took place in May 2005 and November 2004. More details are expected to be released Wednesday at a news conference scheduled for noon PT. Blackmore, the one-time bishop of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in the rural community in B.C.'s Southern Interior, is rumoured to have fathered about 80 children by his 26 wives." It's about time!