‘Real News From The Blaze:’ Did the Administration Ask Contractors to Change Job Loss Estimates to Favor Their Proposed Policy?
- Posted on May 21, 2012 at 9:04pm by
Christopher Santarelli
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The House Natural Resources committee is investigating whether or not the Obama Administration through the Department of the Interior asked contractors to ‘re-examine’ job impact numbers associated with one of its proposed regulations on the coal industry. The Washington Free Beacon reports:
Obama administration officials may have pressured government contractors to change job loss estimates associated with coal regulations, audio recordings reveal.
The tapes show that unnamed officials with the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) asked government contractors to change their calculations of job losses associated with the Stream Protection Rule.
A preliminary draft of an environmental impact statement estimated that up to 7,000 coalminers could lose their jobs under the administration’s “preferred” regulation. After a leaked copy of the report went public, officials asked the contractors to compare job estimates to a model in which another regulation was enforced, rather than the real world numbers.
This is not the first incident when we’ve heard about the Obama Administration possibly attempting to cook the books, as just last week Department of Homeland Security’s Border Patrol agents and Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers informed The Washington Examiner that they were being told not to make arrests of noncriminal illegal immigrants, and not to patrol areas of high traffic along the roughly 2,000-mile U.S. Southwest border.
The Department of the Interior case was discussed on “Real News” Monday, as well as other instances of questionable numbers and “bullying tactics” from the White House to its political and executive subordinates:
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rixdaref
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 2:41pmHow do we tie our president to radical Islam? Marxism preaches the end justifies the means (It’s okay to lie to anyone, especially to groupies.). Islam preaches the Infidel may be lied to and cheated if Islam is glorified. Is there any wonder, then, why our Marxist-in-chief kowtows to the Brotherood?
Report Post »pap pap
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 1:33pmEverything is a game to them. It‘s the ’Lie to Get Votes for Obummer Game”.
The truth does not matter to them.
This is why the vetting of Obama should go nuclear.
Report Post »undercover
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 11:46amYou can’t believe anything this administration says – it’s all kabuki theater
Report Post »johnjamison
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 12:33pmThe most corrupt WHITE HOUSE SINCE FDR
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 10:53amWhen a Corportation with Product… sells in High Value or Quantity… to a Large Client… they dedicate a Sales Representative or Marketing Team for Support… where the Seller & Client often enter into a Friendly Relationship… and the Client provides the Pricing sought… and will Sole Source the Seller, avoiding Open Bid.
The Seller & Client… are said… to be Sleeping Together!
Report Post »OneTermPresident
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 9:24amObama will do or say ANYTHING for votes… including breaking immigration laws from the highest office in the land. He’s the worst and most corrupt president in history…. second place is now out of sight.
Report Post »silken
Posted on May 23, 2012 at 10:02amAgree Agree Agree Agree Totally!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »RayOne
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 9:00amThe interpretations of reality being spoken by the WH are the creative writing of a young enthusiastic WH WWing staff.
Report Post »This success is only eclipsed by the lateral professional development.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-05-22/traffic-congestion-down/55120930/1
Unemployment is green and good, for the planet.
wrazzlin1
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 8:09amHmmmm dont protect the borders along a high crossing area????? Is someone who is going be out of a job soon feathering his bank accounts with drug & coyote money?????.He surely didnt make 10 million off those dreadfully written books.
Report Post »deloiswilkins
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 4:15amYou should know that Crafty men condemn studies; simple men admire them and wise men use them. Be a wise man and use the education to get a job, search online for High Speed Universities you will be surprised to learn how fast it is to get degree and pump up your resume
rickc34
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 2:09amEvil has a name and a face.
Report Post »RayOne
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 9:03amIt is a team. The One is a pawn.
Report Post »oldironsides
Posted on May 21, 2012 at 11:47pmthe Obama administration’s legacy will be that it was the most corrupt ever – Nixon was a piker compared to these people
Report Post »Welcome Black Carter
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 12:05amYou ain‘t seen nothin’ yet. Wait ’till a couple days before he makes his historic grand exit from the White House. (this election, landslide.) He will crank up a pardon-for-cash machine the likes no one has ever imagined.
Report Post »team1blazer
Posted on May 21, 2012 at 10:44pmHigh crimes of treason against the United States are punishable by hanging….Get on with the impeachment!
Report Post »dmerwin
Posted on May 21, 2012 at 9:48pmIs the Pope Catholic?
Report Post »chips1
Posted on May 21, 2012 at 9:29pmWhat really scares me is that when Obama’s terrorists contact a company telling them to change something, they do it. What is wrong with one of them telling the dictator to shove it?
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on May 21, 2012 at 11:25pmThey will not get paid and the irs will give them a DEEP rectal probe..
Report Post »Chromo200
Posted on May 21, 2012 at 9:23pmHow can one say this and pick on the most honest, open administration that has ever been in the history of the USA. NOT .. Libs lie and have no guilt in the words that they spew out of their mouths.
Report Post »Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on May 21, 2012 at 9:21pmIs it that easy to fool West Virginians and Ohioans?
Report Post »KangarooJack
Posted on May 21, 2012 at 9:18pmThe Presidency has been cheapened.
Report Post »HorseCrazy
Posted on May 21, 2012 at 9:18pmnot “may have” they did. everyone knows it the proof is undeniable I am so sick of these cocky corrupt socialists in the white house.
Report Post »65Mustang
Posted on May 21, 2012 at 9:13pmDid the Obama Administration ask contractors to “change job estimates to favor their policies”…well HELL YES !!!!!!!!
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