Editor 's note : Campbell Brown anchors CNN 's `` Campbell Brown : No Bias , No Bull '' at 8 p.m . ET Mondays through Fridays . She delivered this commentary during the `` Cutting through the Bull '' segment of Monday night 's broadcast . CNN 's Campbell Brown says nonemergency legislation needs time to be read by the public and Congress . ( CNN ) -- Whether by omission or commission , both the White House and Congress get a dose of blame for not living up to the new era of transparency promised by President Obama . The president 's old campaign Web site still has this commitment there for all to see : . `` As president , Obama will not sign any nonemergency bill without giving the American public an opportunity to review and comment on the White House Web site for five days . '' Well , the president broke that promise barely a week after taking office when he signed the Lilly Ledbetter Bill dealing with equal pay for men and women . A good bill , and certainly one that could have survived a five-day comment period . So , maybe the White House folks just forgot ? But then there is Congress and the Stimulus Bill . How fast could you get through it ? According to the nonpartisan Sunlight Foundation , lawmakers had just 13 hours to read 1,100 pages of material that would cost the American taxpayer $ 787 billion . That 's less than a minute and a half per page , with no time for bathroom breaks . No wonder so many of our lawmakers did n't seem to notice that last-minute exemption clearing the way for bailed-out companies like AIG to pay out big bonuses . So , the House tried to clean up the mess last week by rushing through another bill -- a tax on AIG bonuses . That bill was just 11 hours old before it went on the floor to be argued and then quickly approved . And the list goes on well before the president took office . The bank bailout got all of 29 hours , the rescue of Fannie and Freddie was only available for 19 hours . This is how bills could literally become , to borrow a phrase , too big to fail -- and too fast to stop . The Sunlight Foundation is calling on Congress to allow the American people three days , 72 hours , to read a nonemergency bill online before debate begins . We strongly agree . And yes lawmakers , you can have three days to read it over , too , before taking a stand . As for President Obama 's promise of a five-day public review once a bill leaves Capitol Hill headed for his desk , it would be nice if he kept his word on this going forward . The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Campbell Brown .
Brown : Obama said he 'd post legislation on Ledbetter Bill for five days before signing it . He broke that promise with the Lilly Brown , Ledbetter Bill says . Obama also should take more time to study bills , she says .