No. 234: Allow five days of public comment before signing bills
The Promise:
To reduce bills rushed through Congress and to the president before the public has the opportunity to review them, Obama "will not sign any non-emergency bill without giving the American public an opportunity to review and comment on the White House website for five days."
The Update:
Obama signs first law without Web comment
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Bookmark Reccomendation: PolitiFact
If you didn't know about Politifact.com, I would recommend a visit, if for no other reason than The Obamameter. Love him or not, you can keep track of how he is performing on all of his (over 500) campaign promises. I just learned of the site myself when another story reported Obama as breaking his first campaign promise:
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