Darleen Click @ Protein Wisdom:
A little quid pro quo prior to election
The White House moved to prevent defense and other government contractors from issuing mass layoff notices in anticipation of sequestration, even going so far to say that the contracting agencies would cover any potential litigation costs or employee compensation costs that could follow.
Some defense companies—including Lockheed Martin, BAE Systems and EADS North America—have said they expect to send notices to their employees 60 days before sequestration takes effect to comply with the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, which requires companies to give advance warning to workers deemed reasonably likely to lose their jobs. Companies appeared undeterred by a July 30 guidance from the Labor Department, which said issuing such notices would be inappropriate, due to the possibility that sequestration may be averted. The Labor Department also said companies do not have enough information about how the cuts might be implemented to determine which workers or specific programs could be affected should Congress fail to reach a compromise to reduce the deficit, triggering $1.2 trillion in spending cuts, half from defense, half non-defense. For 2013, that would amount to $109 billion in spending cuts.
Exit comment via Instapundit:
So, the government is going to provide the funds to pay the fines they impose on the contractors for non-compliance with regulations written by the government.
You couldn’t make this stuff up.
Liberals, Leftists, Democrats and Unions fought to enact the WARN law.
Obama doesn’t care about Liberals, Leftists, Democrats or Unions.
Obama doesn’t care about LAW.
All he cares about is power for HIMSELF.
He will throw anything and anyone under the bus to keep power.
Shame on him.
The President doesn’t have that authority. That belongs to Congress.
Ditto
since when OBAMA will listen to the CONGRESS?
IF HE DOESN’T HAVE THE AUTHORITY, HE WILL SIGN AN EXECUTIVE ORDER,
AND THAT WILL SCREW THE AUTHORITY OF CONGRESS,
REMEMBER WHEN HE DECLARE HE WOULD SUPPORT THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD,
ON THE REVOLUTION IN LIBYA? HE IS NOT TAKING ADVICE,
HE DECIDE ON HIS OWN SELF, AND THAT’S WHY HE IS FAILING AMERICA, AND SIDE UP WITH THE MUSLIMS,
AND NOW HE WANT THE MUSLIMS IN AMERICA TO VOTE FOR HIM, SO HE WILL NOT ACCUSE THE TERRORIST,
BUT HE LOOK LIKE HE IS STUNT BY WHAT THEY HAVE DONE TO HIM, HIS EGO IS SHATTERED, AND HE MIGHT NEVER RECOVER FROM HAVING BEEN BETRAYED BY THOSE HE GAVE HIS TRUST, SO MUCH AS TO TAKE AWAY THE PROTECTION OF
AN AMERICAN AMBASSADOR ALONG WITH THE BRAVES SEALS
LEFT TO FIGHT A MOB OF TERRORISTS ON THEIR OWN,
HOW CAN AMERICANS FEEL PROTECTED NOW AFTER HE LET OTHER AMERICANS DOWN TO PLEASE THE MUSLIMS.
No, that would not “screw the authority of Congress,” because it would be a clearly unconstitutional action. Yes, he could “write” such an order, but it would be an impeachable offense that I think even some Democrats would be concerned about. The Speaker of the House could immediately charge Obama for violating the Constitutional separation of powers by writing such an Executive Order, and this would place a very negative spotlight on Obama in the midst of the election.
Of course that depends on Bohner and the Republicans having the fortitude not to stand for it. So far, the establishment Republicans have been relatively silent on Obama’s imperialistic power grabs. The Democrats should be worried that a Republican president will also feel free to use the agencies to run roughshod over the laws passed by Congress, stating “You didn’t have a problem when Obama did it.” There needs to be a serious discussion about the continual migration towards an imperialistic Office of the Presidency, but I suspect it will not happen so long as Obama is President with worshipful press and a a wuss Republican leadership.