Word: edicts
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...last year in office to establish his legacy. In recent months he has increasingly bypassed Congress, using presidential orders, for instance, to create new national monuments over the complaints of mining interests and off-road-vehicle users, among others. In this case, though, rather than depend on a federal edict to enforce the changes, Clinton will urge each state to implement the revisions over three years. (Hospitals operating Medicare and other government health care programs would be immediately affected, as they are already subject to federal scrutiny). The plan seeks to safeguard patients against the ill effects of everything from...