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Trump signs executive orders seeking to speed up oil and gas projects

President Trump signed on April 10 two executive orders to prevent states from blocking the construction of oil and gas pipelines. (The Washington Post)

CROSBY, Tex. — President Trump signed a pair of executive orders on Wednesday seeking to make it easier for firms to build oil and gas pipelines and harder for state agencies to intervene, a move that drew immediate backlash from some state officials and environmental activists.

“Too often, badly needed energy infrastructure is being held back by special-interest groups, entrenched bureaucracies and radical activists,” Trump said during a visit to a union training center for operating engineers 25 miles outside of Houston. “The two executive orders that I’ll be signing in just a moment will fix this, dramatically accelerating energy infrastructure approvals.”

The executive action seeks to rein in states’ power by changing the implementation instructions, known as guidance, that are issued by federal agencies, according to one of the orders.

View the complete April 10 article by Toluse Olorunnipa and Steven Mufson on The Washington Post website here.

DNC on Trump’s Executive Order To Sanction Foreign Election Interference

In response to Trump’s executive order to authorize sanctions on foreign entities who interfere in future elections, DNC deputy communications director Adrienne Watson released the following statement:

“This is a small step, but there is still much more that must be done to secure our elections. Trump’s executive order does nothing to hold Russia accountable for their 2016 election interference, and Republicans have repeatedly refused to join Democrats in providing additional, necessary funding to states for election security. If Trump is serious about protecting our elections, he must do more to stand up to Russia and to provide states with the resources they need to defend against future attacks from foreign adversaries.”

In victory for unions, judge overturns key parts of Trump executive orders

The following article by Lisa Rein was posted on the Washington Post website August 25, 2018:

Unions representing federal workers on Saturday declared victory in what they have described as an assault by the Trump administration after a federal judge struck down key provisions of a set of executive orders aimed at making it easier to fire employees and weaken their representation.

The ruling, by U.S. District Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson in Washington, was a setback to the White House’s efforts to rein in federal unions, which have retained significant power over working conditions even as private-sector unions are in decline.

“It’s a big win for us,” said David Borer, general counsel for the American Federation of Government Employees. With 750,000 members, the AFGE was the largest of about a dozen unions to sue the administration to block the new rules affecting 2.1 million civil servants.

View the complete article here.