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Broken Promises — to Voters and the New York Times
Cato Institute ^ | 7/10/2009 | Jim Harper

Posted on 07/13/2009 6:14:35 AM PDT by erkyl

[snip] At this point, only one of 39 bills that the president has signed has been posted for five days in advance. (The DTV Delay Act was actually not held five days after formal presentment, but the White House posted it after the final version had passed Congress.) Twenty-four other bills have been held at the White House five days or more before the President has signed them. They just haven’t been posted.

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TOPICS: Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: legislation; obama; sunlight; transparency
A great chart is included at this link showing the legislation currently enacted, date presented, date signed, and amazingly, the fact that most of them weren't and still aren't posted online.
1 posted on 07/13/2009 6:14:35 AM PDT by erkyl
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