Obama agencies bet on Clinton win
Some important executive actions won't be finished before Obama leaves office, but that won't matter if Trump loses in November.
By Andrew Restuccia
08/02/16 05:26 AM EDT
The Obama administration is seemingly so confident of a Hillary Clinton victory in November that it’s pumping out rules and other executive actions that won’t be completed until the next president takes office on politically sensitive issues like climate change and student loans.
That means they’re leaving these pieces of Barack Obama’s legacy at the potential mercy of a President Donald Trump.
Proposals on the chopping block under a Trump administration could include still-unfinished efforts to strengthen Obamacare and Medicare, crack down on the oil and gas industry’s contributions to climate change and make it harder for corporations with foreign affiliates to lower their U.S. tax bills — all of which would help Obama meet promises he made in 2008. Also at risk would be an initiative to forgive federal student loans for borrowers who have been defrauded by colleges, plus a long-term push to reduce salt in Americans’ diet.
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