Read more executive order stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/6913/executive-order.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 5:31:19 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/63335/arnold-declares-emergency-in-calif-budget-mess.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCalifornia Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger today declared a fiscal emergency and ordered lawmakers to produce a plan to close the state’s $24.3 billion deficit within 45 days, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. To accomplish that, Schwarzenegger called a special session of the legislature, and also ordered 220,000 state employees...http://www.newser.com/story/63335/arnold-declares-emergency-in-calif-budget-mess.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 01 Jul 2009 15:34:45 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62951/obama-plans-indefinite-terror-detentions.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn a move that echoes the Bush administration’s approach to terror suspects, the Obama White House has drafted an executive order that would allow for their indefinite detention, the Washington Post reports. The move is said to be motivated by growing concerns that President Obama won’t be able to strike...http://www.newser.com/story/62951/obama-plans-indefinite-terror-detentions.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 26 Jun 2009 17:14:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59013/cia-denies-cheney-request-for-torture-docs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe CIA today denied Dick Cheney’s request that documents possibly proving the effectiveness of enhanced interrogation techniques be declassified, MSNBC reports. An executive order “excludes from review information that is the subject of pending litigation,” the CIA said. The two documents “contain information that falls into that category.” The order...http://www.newser.com/story/59013/cia-denies-cheney-request-for-torture-docs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 14 May 2009 14:04:09 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52845/obama-quashes-bush-signing-statements.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama today told government agencies to ignore George W. Bush’s signing statements, but has not sworn off the practice for his own administration, Politico reports. The statements, written when the president OKs a bill but disagrees with certain provisions, are often followed as if they were law. Spokesman Robert...http://www.newser.com/story/52845/obama-quashes-bush-signing-statements.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 09 Mar 2009 15:41:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52773/obama-stem-cell-order-wont-cover-all-embryo-research.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBarack Obama is set to lift the Bush administration's restrictions on federally funded embryonic stem cell research, but his announcement today won't cover all such experiments, the New York Times reports. The president's action will allow scientists to do research using existing stem cell lines, and those embryos left over...http://www.newser.com/story/52773/obama-stem-cell-order-wont-cover-all-embryo-research.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 09 Mar 2009 4:33:07 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/48793/obamas-gitmo-order-isnt-what-it-seems.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith a stroke of the pen, President Obama rewrote American detention and interrogation policy yesterday. Or not, writes Josh Gerstein for Politico. He offers reasons not to overstate Obama’s policy changes: "Everyone has to follow the Army Field Manual—for now… ": Obama is convening a group to study writing additional...http://www.newser.com/story/48793/obamas-gitmo-order-isnt-what-it-seems.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 23 Jan 2009 11:36:43 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/48421/first-100-days-too-slow-for-o.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAt minute one, everything changes. The inaugural passing of the baton will happen at lightning speed today, Politico reports, as the new team hits the ground running, amid an economic crisis that makes the traditional timetable obsolete. Through the morning, White House staff will work furiously to get the building...http://www.newser.com/story/48421/first-100-days-too-slow-for-o.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 20 Jan 2009 8:57:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/48384/obama-poised-to-swiftly-reverse-bush-abortion-policy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBarack Obama will likely revoke a controversial Bush administration rule on abortion within days of taking office, sources tell CNN. The policy, dubbed the "global gag rule" by critics, denies all US funding to family-planning services around the world that promote abortion or make any mention of abortion while giving...http://www.newser.com/story/48384/obama-poised-to-swiftly-reverse-bush-abortion-policy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 20 Jan 2009 3:09:52 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47729/obama-will-issue-order-to-close-gitmo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident-elect Barack Obama is preparing to issue an executive order in his first week in office—perhaps his first day—to close the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, according to two transition-team advisers, the AP reports. Nonethless, it is unlikely the detention facility at the US Navy base in...http://www.newser.com/story/47729/obama-will-issue-order-to-close-gitmo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 12 Jan 2009 16:05:22 CST