In response to his embarrassing performance on MSNBC last night, in which he could not recall a single legislative achievement by Sen. Barack Obama, Texas Sen. Kirk Watson explains that he didn’t expect to be asked those kinds of tough questions. “I expected to be asked about the primary that night, or the big one coming up in Texas on March 4, or just about anything else in the news,” the longtime Obama supporter writes. “When the subject changed so emphatically, I reached for information that millions of my fellow Obama supporters could recite by heart, and I couldn’t summon it.”
So, here they are, in Watson’s words, the Obama legislative achievements that the masses are apparently reciting:
** Senator Obama’s fight for universal children’s health care in Illinois.
** His success bringing Republicans and Democrats together (a huge selling point for me in general) on bills such as the one in Illinois requiring police interrogations and confessions to be videotaped.
** His leadership on ethics reform in Washington (the bill that lobbyists and special interests are complaining about right now has his name on it).
** His bill to make the federal budget far more transparent and accessible to Americans via the Internet – we could use that openness in Texas.
** And his vital work with Republicans to lock down nuclear weapons around the world.
And that’s all he wrote.
Wow, I did more in high school government than Obama’s done during his brief Senate career.
to list Hillary’s legislative achievements so we can compare?
We’d be here all night!
seriously, since she has been in the senate does anyone have a list of bills she has introduced that have become law? there can’t be that many for a junior senator.
Here is Barack’s top five achievements:
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Yep, nothing.
On Legislative Experience:
CLINTON
Senator Clinton, who has served only one full term (6 years), and another year campaigning, managed to author and pass into law, twenty pieces of legislation in her first six years.
These bills can be found on the website of the Library of Congress (http://thomas. loc.go), but to save you trouble, I’ll post them here for you.
1. Establish the Kate Mullany National Historic Site.
2. Support the goals and ideals of Better Hearing and Speech Month.
3. Recognize the Ellis Island Medal of Honor.
4. Name courthouse after Thurgood Marshall.
5. Name courthouse after James L. Watson.
6. Name post office after Jonn A. O’Shea.
7 . Designate Aug. 7, 2003, as National Purple Heart Recognition Day.
8. Support the goals and ideals of National Purple Heart Recognition Day.
9. Honor the life and legacy of Alexander Hamilton on the bicentennial of his death.
10. Congratulate the Syracuse Univ. Orange Men’s Lacrosse Team on winning the championship.
11. Congratulate the Le Moyne College Dolphins Men’s Lacrosse Team on winning the championship.
12. Establish the 225th Anniversa ry of the American Revolution Commemorative Program.
13. Name post office after Sergeant Riayan A. Tejeda.
14. Honor Shirley Chisholm for her service to the nation and express condolences on her death.
15. Honor John J. Downing, Brian Fahey, and Harry Ford, firefighters who lost their lives on duty.
Only five of Clinton’s bills are, more substantive.
16. Extend period of unemployment assistance to victims of 9/11.
17. Pay for city projects in response to 9/11
18. Assist landmine victims in other countr ies.
19. Assist family caregivers in accessing affordable respite care.
20. Designate part of the National Forest System in Puerto Rico as protected in the wilderness preservation system.
There you have it, the facts straight from the Senate Record.
OBAMA
Now, I would post those of Obama’s, but the list is too substantive, so I’ll mainly categorize.
During the first eight years of his elected service (Illinois State Senator) he sponsored over 820 bills.
He introduced:
233 regarding healthcare reform,
125 on poverty and public assistance,
112 crime fighting bills,
97 economic bills,
60 human rights and anti-discrimination bills,
21 ethics reform bills,
15 gun control,
6 veterans affairs and many others.
In his first three years in the U.S. Senate, he has authored 152 bills and co-sponsored another 427.
These include:
**the Coburn-Obama Government Transparency Act of 2006 (became law),
**The Lugar- Obama Nuclear Non-proliferation and Conventional Weapons Threat Reduction Act, (became law),
**The Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act, passed the Senate,
**The 2007 Government Ethics Bill, (became law),
**The Protection Against Excessive Executive Compensation Bill, (In committee), and many more.
In all, since entering the U.S. Senate, Senator Obama has written 890 bills and co-sponsored another 1096. An impressive record for someone who supposedly has no record according to the spin meisters and mindless twits.
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