A VACANT LOOK
Topic: Boards, Commissions, and Committees, Once in a Lifetime, Federal Agencies, Political Appointments04. January 2008 |
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One way to avoid big government is to stop hiring people, a strategy which the Bush Administration and Congress seem to have settled on. As Madonna Lebling writes in the Washington Post, "Congress and the president [are] locked in a standoff over nominations" that has left TWELVE important federal regulatory bodies (including a few you may have heard of — like the Federal Reserve Board, OSHA, and the Council of Economic Advisers) lacking members and in many cases lacking even a quorum needed to make decisions. Read Madonna Lebling here.


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