Topic: Broken Promises

April 1, 2010

President Obama said he hasn't changed the tone in Washington — well, maybe he made it worse.

March 24, 2010

President Obama says children with pre-existing conditions can get health insurance this year — but it won't happen till 2014.

Kids left out of health care reform

Did the president even read the bill?

March 23, 2010

No five-day rule for health care

Time for talk is over. So is time for keeping campaign promises.

March 18, 2010

President Obama signed a jobs bill one day after it cleared Congress — breaking his pledge to allow public review for five days.

Obama signs jobs bill one day after it passes

Violating the 5-day promise during Sunshine Week.

March 16, 2010

Does it make sense to hold a meeting on open government in a place that's out-of-bounds for the press and the public?

March 8, 2010

President Obama has returned to his script that "you can keep your doctor," when he knows that's not true.

March 2, 2010

More than a year into his presidency, Barack Obama has yet to appoint anyone to the languishing Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board.

Civil liberties board still nonexistent

Is the president just giving lip service to protecting our rights?

January 27, 2010

A ‘credibility gab’ on lobbyists

Public disclosure doesn’t count as “excluding” lobbyists.

Still lying: You can keep your doctor

The president’s approach would not, and will not, allow Americans to keep their current coverage.

January 22, 2010

The U.S. is still holding some 200 detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, despite an executive order to close the prison before today.

One year later, Gitmo still open

Obama’s first executive order has turned out to be a major flop.

January 6, 2010

President Obama spent much of fall 2008 attacking John McCain for suggesting a tax on health benefits — and is now pushing the House to accept them.

President pushes tax on health benefits

A bad idea when it comes from John McCain, OK when it comes from Senate Democrats.

January 5, 2010

Does it make sense to hold a meeting on open government in a place that's out-of-bounds for the press and the public?

Final health care push … behind closed doors

C-SPAN cameras are ready to roll, but the president won’t green-light the broadcast.

January 4, 2010

After campaigning against no-bid contracts and deriding them as president, Barack Obama has awarded a $25 million no-bid contract to a Democratic Party donor.

No-bid contracts are bad for Halliburton, but great for Democratic fat cats UPDATE: State Department cancels contract

No-bid defense contracts for companies with Republican ties are inexcusable. If they’re donating to Democrats, it’s OK.

December 31, 2009

The president issued an ethics waiver for homeland security adviser John Brennan so that Brennan can review a terror watch-list system he helped design.

Waiving ethics rules for terror watch-list review

Not only is the president, again, making exceptions for his own ethics rules, he’s conducting an “independent” review that isn’t independent.

December 16, 2009

Another bill signed before the five-day sunlight deadline passes

Is it time to assume the president’s promise to post bills online for five days of public review before he signs them was just a bunch of hot air?

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