Lame-Duck Watch: Parting Shots Edition
EAT MY DUST In his last days in office, George Bush laid a few land mines for Bill Clinton, such as sending troops to Somalia and bombing Iraq only days before Clinton's Inauguration. Returning the favor with a raft of last-minute appointments, pardons and Executive Orders that thumb a nose at George W.'s Administration, Clinton has:
--Announced a plan to protect 58.5 million acres of federal land by banning commercial logging and new roads. Bush criticized such a plan during the campaign
--Issued ergonomic standards to protect workers, a poke at Bush's Big Business benefactors
--Ordered medical-privacy protections opposed by Bush's health-care-industry supporters
--Pardoned two women serving long prison terms on minor drug charges, saving them from strict federal-sentencing laws favored by his successor
--Created new pollution curbs for diesel trucks and power plants, again irking George W.'s business ties
--Slapped new license plates on the presidential limo that support statehood for the District of Columbia, which Bush opposes. This Executive Order at least can be undone with a screwdriver
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