In defense of the website bill posting, I recall reading that not every bill would be posted, there were exceptions...kind of like the lobbyist thing.
On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 11:29 AM, C. Hatton Humphrey <[email protected]>wrote: > > > That's great. Me too. And for me, so far Obama has. > > Obama has kept his promises? > > So far I've already seen a couple that he's broken: > The "Sunlight before Signing rule" as outlined in > http://www.barackobama.com/issues/ethics/ > > According to Politico, "Obama signed the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act > only two days after it received final passage last week, and it wasn't > posted on the White House website until after it became law." I think > he did something similar with the enhanced SCHIP bill. > > Or maybe his statements about ending earmarks and reducing pork: > Shine Light on Earmarks and Pork Barrel Spending: Obama's Transparency > and Integrity in Earmarks Act will shed light on all earmarks by > disclosing the name of the legislator who asked for each earmark, > along with a written justification, 72 hours before they can be > approved by the full Senate. > > Even the most liberal of folks agree that there is at LEAST 2% in the > "Stimulus" that falls under that clause. > > Oh, I know! The lobbyist restrictions: > "No political appointees in an Obama-Biden administration will be > permitted to work on regulations or contracts directly and > substantially related to their prior employer for two years." > Even though he removed himself from the nomination for tax reasons, > Tom Daschle, while not technically registered as a lobbyist, still > worked with healthcare organizations, "advising the firm's clients on > issues related to all aspects of public policy." This is according to > http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1876550,00.html?imw=Y > > I guess now we're going to have to argue about what the definition of > is is... Again. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:287575 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
