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Posted Tue Dec 17 2013: from Washington Post:
White House delayed enacting rules ahead of 2012 election to avoid controversy http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1387311726
The White House systematically delayed enacting a series of rules on the environment, worker safety and health care to prevent them from becoming points of contention before the 2012 election, according to documents and interviews with current and former administration officials... The Obama administration has repeatedly said that any delays until after the election were coincidental and that such decisions were made without regard to politics. But seven current and former administration officials told The Washington Post that the motives behind many of the delays were clearly political, as Obama's top aides focused on avoiding controversy before his reelection.
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