Jill Stein presidential campaign, 2016/Government regulations
 Green presidential nominee Running mate: Ajamu Baraka |
Green Party National Convention • Polls • Debates • Presidential election by state • Ballot access |
Domestic affairs • Economic affairs and government regulations • Foreign affairs and national security |
Hillary Clinton (D) • Donald Trump (R) • Gary Johnson (L) • Vice presidential candidates |
2028 • 2024 • 2020 • 2016 |
This page was current as of the 2016 election.
Congress struggled to pass much legislation before and after the 2014 midterm elections, and the 113th Congress, the session covering 2013 and 2014, was the second least productive congressional session in modern history.[2] That spurred President Obama to focus on his executive powers to enact his agenda.[3]
Obama's focus on executive powers did not sit well with Republicans who have argued that Obama administration regulations overreach, circumvent Congress and ultimately hurt the economy.[4] “We need to do everything we can to try to rein in the regulatory onslaught, which is the principal reason that we haven't had the kind of bounce-back after the 2008 recession that you would expect,” Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) told CNN on January 4, 2015.[5] Donald Trump planned to roll back these regulations -- as well as some laws he believes have given rise to a raft of unwelcome government rules. Those include executive actions on immigration, climate change, the Affordable Care Act and the Dodd-Frank financial regulation law.[6]
On immigration, Trump has said that he would end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Deferred Action for Parents of U.S. Citizens and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA).[7] In lieu of passing immigration reform, Obama used executive actions to launch the programs in 2012 and in 2014, respectively, which shield eligible undocumented immigrants from deportation. Donald Trump has also been vocal about repealing the Affordable Care Act. He said he wants to replace the law with something he dubbed "Donaldcare,"[8] Trump also supports the repeal of the regulations developed under Dodd-Frank.[9]
Democrats have welcomed Obama’s use of executive powers in the face of a GOP they believe has refused to negotiate with the Democrats to deny them any political victory.[10] Hillary Clinton has criticized Republicans for seeking to repeal programs she believes are pushing the nation in the right direction, including the Affordable Care Act and Dodd-Frank. "Americans have come too far to see our progress ripped away," Clinton said in a campaign ad.[11]
See what Jill Stein and the 2016 Green Party Platform said about government regulations.
Stein on government regulations
- Discussing vaccines, Stein said that the public lacks confidence in the agencies that regulate them because they are influenced by corporate lobbyists.[12]
- "Vaccines are an invaluable medication," Stein told The Washington Post. But, "like any medication they also should be approved by a regulatory board that people can trust. And I think, right now, that is the problem — that people do not trust a Food and Drug Administration, or even the CDC for that matter, where corporate influence and the pharmaceutical industry has a lot of influence."[12]
- Stein has expressed skepticism about the Food and Drug Administration and other agencies that regulate agriculture and pharmaceuticals because she believes that lobbyists have too great an impact on their decision making.[12]
- During a speech in New York City in 2012 marking the first anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, Stein told the crowd that America is at a breaking point and that it was “time to turn that breaking point into a tipping point.” She also criticized the Dodd-Frank Act as “gutless, toothless, and useless.”[13]
- Read what other presidential candidates have said about government regulations.
| The 2016 Green Party Platform on government regulations | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ||||||
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term Jill + Stein + Government + Regulations
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ Democracy Now, "Green Party’s Jill Stein Announces She Is Running for President," June 22, 2015
- ↑ NBC News, "113th Congress Not the Least Productive in Modern History," December 29, 2014
- ↑ The Hill, "Obama’s ‘pen and phone’ barrage," December 28, 2014
- ↑ The Washington Times, "Bogged down: Federal regulations cost the nation $1.88 trillion in lost productivity, higher prices," May 12, 2015
- ↑ The Hill, "Incoming Senate majority leader: Jobs, Keystone and regulations top agenda," January 4, 2015
- ↑ Breitbart, "Trump Lays Out Day One Presidential Priorities — Roll Back Obama Exec Orders, ‘Knock Out’ ObamaCare, Take Care of Vets," February 24, 2015
- ↑ The Huffington Post, "What Donald Trump Means for Undocumented People Like Me," March 1, 2016
- ↑ Breitbart, "Donald Trump: Free Market ‘Donaldcare’ Will Replace Obamacare After Its Repeal," September 15, 2015
- ↑ The Hill, "Trump: Economic bubble about to burst," October 14, 2015
- ↑ NPR, "Wielding A Pen And A Phone, Obama Goes It Alone," January 20, 2014
- ↑ The Briefing "Republicans: Reverse Progress," November 12, 2015
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 The Washington Post, "What Jill Stein, the Green presidential candidate, wants to do to America," August 2, 2016
- ↑ The New Yorker, "THE OCCUPY CANDIDATE," September 19, 2012
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ The Green Party of the United States, "Platform," August 6, 2016
