Friday, January 13, 2012

Obama plan

  • Obamas plan — to do away with the Department of Commerce and combine its core functions with five other agencies — is designed to cut costs and make it easier for American businesses to deal with the government, administration officials said.
  • (Los Angeles Times)
  • Under proposals unveiled Friday, Obama said he is elevating the Small Business Administration and SBA Administrator Karen Mills back to Cabinet-level status, a perch not enjoyed by the agency since Bill Clinton's presidency.
  • (Washington Post)
  • As of today, I am elevating the Small Business Administration to a cabinet-level agency, Mr. Obama said.
  • (Wall Street Journal)
  • On this we can agree with President Barack Obama: Everything he stands for is at stake in 2012.
  • (NewsMax.com)
  • WASHINGTON, January 13, 2012– The Obama Administration released a National Ocean Policy action plan this week to address the most pressing challenges facing ocean, coastal and Great Lakes resources. The draft requests comments on actions the U.
  • (USDA.gov (press release))
  • House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders welcomed President Obamas plan that purports to shrink government, but they expressed some skepticism that his plan would actually deliver the down-sizing benefits.
  • (Daily Oklahoman)
  • Sen. Orrin Hatch is convinced President Barack Obama's call for greater authority to consolidate federal agencies is a political move in an election year meant to show voters that he is serious about the national debt.
  • (Salt Lake Tribune)

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