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To: E. T. who wrote (218830)	1/15/2002 4:23:14 PM
From: DMaA	Respond to of 769670

Speaking of rolling back rules, It isn't against the law for Rubin to lobby the Treasury Department (unless the matter concerns something Rubin had direct policymaking involvement in while in government, which doesn't apply here). The legal prohibition on government employees lobbying their old department on any matter lasts only one year, and Rubin left office two and a half years ago. The practice is, however, sufficiently questionable from an ethical standpoint that Bill Clinton signed an executive order in 1993 extending that ban for senior appointees to five years. The only thing that keeps Rubin from being in formal violation of the executive order is the fact that Clinton rather shamelessly revoked it on his way out the door in 2001. slate.msn.com

To: E. T. who wrote (218830)	1/15/2002 5:42:36 PM
From: Ish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

<<Bush Administration Rolls Back Clinton Rules for Wetlands Hey, they're just swamps anyway, who needs them.>> Now that's a good thing for wetlands. Under Clinton's restrictions tens of thousands of acres of Southern rice fields would have become soy bean acres. Those acres growing rice make Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas waterfowl havens. The restrictions on draining temporary potholes were also bad for duck nesting. Hens would build nests only to find them dried up when the chicks hatched.