In race to cement legacy, Trump pushes dozens of 'midnight regulations' [View all]
Source: ABC News
As President Donald Trump keeps a lower profile during his final weeks in office, behind the scenes the administration is racing to solidify his legacy, fulfill campaign promises and overhaul federal regulations that could take President-elect Joe Biden years to undo.
"I think that there will be a lot of things happening between now and the 20th of January, a lot of things," Trump asserted in an Oval Office appearance on Thanksgiving.
From immigration to environmental protections, the Trump administration is quietly pushing to finalize more than three dozen rule changes that could have significant impact for years.
They include religious exemptions for federal contractors under employment discrimination laws; looser water efficiency standards for shower heads and washing machines; and stricter eligibility for food stamps, even as millions out of work in the pandemic look to the government for help.
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One of the proposals being considered is to ban the EPA from using any scientific study that doesn't fully disclose all underlying raw data. The problem with this is that in studies of the effects of pollutants on people, patients rightfully don't want their personal medical data disclosed and many will likely balk at cooperating if they couldn't be guaranteed anonymity.
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