Posts Tagged ‘Obama Administration’
EEOC Protests Bush Administration Regulation
A last-minute Bush Administration “provider conscience” regulation is facing serious objections, including from the government agency responsible for enforcing job discrimination laws. Three top officials from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) are protesting the proposed regulation because they say it would overturn 40 years of civil rights law prohibiting employee discrimination based on religion.…
Read MoreObama Administration to Consider Lifting Global Gag Rule
Advisers to President-elect Barack Obama have authored a list of 200 Bush administration actions that could quickly be undone to promote change, a Washington Post article reports. Among the policies being considered for quick reversal is the Bush administration’s Global Gag Rule. Originally authored during the Reagan Administration, the Global Gag Rule prohibits international non-governmental…
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