Posted on 02/14/2009 6:40:20 PM PST by NormsRevenge
If President Obama signs the $787 billion economic stimulus legislation Monday, he’ll again be dodging a campaign pledge he made on transparency.
During the campaign, Obama pledged to post legislation online for five days before signing it. But administration officials have said they don’t have to do that for the stimulus because the pledge applied only to non-emergency legislation.
“This would certainly meet the President's test of emergency legislation,” White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said in a press conference this week before the bill passed.
A copy of the conference report was posted on the White House website at 2:05 p.m. Friday. Under the campaign pledge, it couldn’t be signed until 2:05 p.m. Wednesday. In his radio address today, Obama said that he will sign the legislation “shortly.” The Associated Press has reported that it could be signed as soon as Monday.
The first bill Obama signed into law, the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, wasn't posted online until after he signed it Jan. 29.
He signed legislation expanding children’s health insurance on Feb. 4 after posting it online Feb. 1.
Democrats have already violated another transparency pledge on the stimulus. The House had voted unanimously earlier this week to have the bill posted online for 48 hours before a vote. But the House voted Friday after waiting less than 15 hours. That brought bitter complaints from Republicans, but also some Democrats.
“The honorable thing to do is to give us the time to see the bill,” said Rep. Charlie Melancon (D-La.), a leader of the centrist Blue Dog Coalition. "When you make commitments you follow through on them."
More lies and broken promises. Par for the course for this Chicago thug.
Lol! Such hypocrits.
The only number larger than that of the stimulus bill that readily comes to mind is 835 billion, which is the number of campaign promises Obama made while on the the campaign trail.
It won’t be easy, and it will take time to break all of them, but remember his motto is YES WE CAN!
Get used to it! Rahm Emanuel is running the country now.
That photo says it all.
Hussein is a massive liar.
BTW, Norms, are you still doing the NASCAR threads? :)
During these sad times for our country, I hope the NASCAR nation can stand strong and united!!
FR keyword - Nascar
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/nascar/index?tab=articles
Daytona 500 tomorrow, if it don’t rain. ;-)
The next emergency legislation that the senators fail to read may just rescind the second amendment.
I didn’t realize there was a chance of that. :( Maybe Monday then.
...and don’t ya know that everything he signs will be emergency legislation? Gawd! What a lying POS he is!
I say Obama is transparent - it is crystal clear to all he is lying about everything he has said - if that ain’t transparent than what is?
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