Barack Obama Campaign Promise No. 234:

Allow five days of public comment before signing bills

Obama ethics plan: 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."

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President Obama signed his first bill without posting it to the Web for five days of public comment.

For his second bill, Obama signed an expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Fund, which provides health coverage for low-income children. He signed it on Feb. 4, 2009, just hours after it was finalized in Congress.


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