Cass Sunstein's Resignation Encourages Advocates For Health And Safety
Posted: 08/03/2012 3:26 pm Updated: 08/03/2012 3:56 pm
WASHINGTON -- White House regulatory czar Cass Sunstein is stepping down after failing to advance federal health and safety rules nearly as much as Obama supporters had hoped, while also failing in his attempt to win over powerful corporate interests by offering to roll back regulations they disliked.
(See this extensive Huffington Post profile of Sunstein from June 2011).
Sunstein's departure was announced in a statement from President Barack Obama Friday morning, in which the president thanked his former University of Chicago Law School colleague "for his friendship and for his years of exceptional service." Obama credited Sunstein with showing "that it is possible to support economic growth without sacrificing health, safety and the environment." Read More
