One Obama Promise Unfulfilled
National Journal has a new feature on its Web site called "<a href="http://promises.nationaljournal.com/ethics-reform/post-bills-online-before-signing-them/">The Promise Audit</a>," which sports the tag line, "Tracking President Obama's Progress on Campaign Promises."
National Journal, a Nextgov sister publication, has a new feature on its Web site called "The Promise Audit," which sports the tag line, "Tracking President Obama's Progress on Campaign Promises."
The first entry isn't good news for Obama. During the campaign, candidate Obama promised to post bills sent to him by Congress online for five days before signing them into law. The idea was to allow the public time to comment on the bill. NJ's first promise audit assessment: "Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act into law today, the first bill to pass across his desk as president, without having first posted it online. It was posted to WhiteHouse.gov later that day.
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