WASHINGTON, D.C. — A senior White House aide predicted this week that President Obama will use his authority under the Antiquities Act to designate more new national monuments — and big monuments — before he leaves office. If Congress will not act to preserve America’s scenic and cultural treasures, the President “has his pen and intends to use it,” John Podesta, a counselor to the President, told a dinner marking the 50th anniversary of the landmark Wilderness Act.
Comment on National Monuments: Will Obama channel Theodore Roosevelt?
Joel Connelly, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Fri, 09/19/2014 - 7:50pm
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