Sometimes Bush isn't much of a Republican, like when he spends every dime in sight growing federal agencies. But sometimes he still shows his bona-fides

The proposal, scheduled to take effect early next year, would require all government agencies to set up a formal, external "peer review" for any scientific study that could affect major federal regulations or "important public policies." Advocates say the plan will reduce bias in government science and regulation.

The reaction from big-government lefties is, of course, predictable:

[Critics] call it a back-door attempt to stifle new health and environmental regulations by burying them under mountains of discussion and analysis.

Anything that slows down keep-busy beauracrats and ivory-tower academics is just fine by me thank you. No surprise at all that the critics of the plan quoted in the work are those selfsame folks.

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