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Those opposing it said the idea was divisive, would create special "classes" of citizens where some have more rights than others, and the new advisory body would slow government decision-making.

It argues that the National Climate Assessment and other climate change research programs reduce the scope of the president’s decision-making powers and that of federal agencies.

I talk about people avoiding individual accountability and delegating their decision-making responsibilities to a written policy — but in a court of law, for instance, that's exactly what you want the judge to do.

It’s the broken feedback link, where there is no longer any way to communicate from the bottom level of the system to the higher levels of decision-making.

Real estate analysts are watching “very closely” to see whether there is new hesitation in decision-making among business leaders that could slow down initial public offerings of stocks, mergers and other ventures that would typically lead to acquisitions of office space, Soto said.