Traders Flock to Obama

"In her six years in the senate she has done ONLY 20 things."

That's your assessment? Do you really think she would have been re-elected to the Senate by a 67% vote if that were the case?

Also, note, that although her attempt as First Lady to champion the a universal healthcare bill failed, she learned from her mistake of not pulling together all sides, and instead went on to champion support of Senator Kennedy's bill that brought the highly touted S-CHIP program to fruition.

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According to Wikipedia:

The State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) is a United States federal government program that gives funds to states in order to provide health insurance to families with children. The program was designed to cover uninsured children in families with incomes that are modest but too high to qualify for Medicaid. At its creation in 1997, SCHIP was the largest expansion of health insurance coverage for children in the U.S. since Medicaid began in the 1960s. The statutory authority for SCHIP is under title XXI of the Social Security Act. It was initially sponsored by Senator Ted Kennedy in a partnership with Senator Orrin Hatch in concert with First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton during the Clinton administration.

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I've seen that "legislative record" post on SO many sites (with varying introductory statements) ... totally slanted towards Obama, of course. Well, I did my own research and posting replies to those posts.

Please note the bias of listing Clinton's "more substantive" bills at the bottom of the list. And whether the Republicans or Democrats have the majority is a definite factor in whose bills finally pass, especially in attempting to override Bush's veto.

Some versions of the post circulating first say Obama has authored 820 bills in his first 8 yrs of elected service, and then end it with "since enter the U.S. Senate, Senator Obama has written 890 bills and co-sponsored another 1096."

Obama's Senate record:

110th Congress sponsored 113; co-sponsored 375

109th Congress sponsored 152; co-sponsored 427

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Although the post says, "to save you the time," I was curious, so I decided to go to the trouble of looking up bills sponsored/co-sponsored by Senator Clinton on the Thomas site.

Here's the search tool - you can do the math yourselves:

http://thomas.loc.gov/bss/d108query.html

107th Congress 2001-2002

sponsored 161 bills co-sponsored 495

108th Congress 2003-2004

sponsored 138 bills co-sponsored 688

109th Congress 2005-2006

sponsored 177 bills co-sponsored 720

110th Congress 2007 -

sponsored 150 bills co-sponsored 477

A few of the bills passed into law

S.1422 : A bill to provide for the expedited payment of certain benefits for a public safety officer who was killed or suffered a catastrophic injury as a direct and proximate result of a personal injury sustained in the line of duty in connection with the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

Note: For further action, see H.R. 2882, which became Public Law 107-37 on 9/18/2001.

S.1622 : A bill to extend the period of availability of unemployment assistance under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act in the case of victims of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

Note: For further action, see H.R. 3986, which became Public Law 107-154 on 3/25/2002.

S.2496 : A bill to provide for the establishment of investigative teams to assess building performance and emergency response and evacuation procedures in the wake of any building failure that has resulted in substantial loss of life or that posed significant potential of substantial loss of life, and for other purposes.

Note: For further action, see H.R. 4687, which became Public Law 107-231 on 10/1/2002.

S.1425 : A bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to reauthorize the New York City Watershed Protection Program.

Note: For further action, see H.R.2771, which became Public Law 108-328 on 10/16/2004.

S.272 : A bill to designate certain National Forest System land in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System.

Note: For further action, see H.R.539, which became Public Law 109-118 on 12/1/2005.

S.1283 : A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a program to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite care, and for other purposes.

Note: For further action, see H.R.3248, which became Public Law 109-442 on 12/21/2006.

Rather than trivializing her record by clumping resolutions honoring deceased Americans into the same category as bills passed into "law" maybe we should add some of the amendments she sponsored that were agreed to by the Senate, for example:

S.AMDT.2066 to H.R.3061 To provide funding for services for children relating to crises.

S.AMDT.2082 to H.R.3061 To make funding available under title V of the Public Health Service Act for mental health providers serving public safety workers affected by the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

S.AMDT.155 to S.CON.RES.18 To establish a deficit neutral reserve fund for influenza vaccine shortage prevention.

S.AMDT.3147 to S.CON.RES.83 To restore funding for the Alzheimer's Association 24/7 Contact Center

S.AMDT.4361 to S.2766 To require that Congress be apprised periodically on the implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement.

S.AMDT.4868 to H.R.5631 To make available from Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide, certain funds may be used for community-based programs that provide mental health and readjustment assistance to members of the National Guard and Reserve and their families on their return from deployment.

S.AMDT.1106 to H.R.2360 To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to report to Congress regarding the vulnerability of certain facilities and measures to provide greater security, and for other purposes.

S.AMDT.328 to H.CON.RES.83 To strengthen our national food safety infrastructure by increasing the number of inspectors within the Food and Drug Administration to enable the Food and Drug Administration to inspect high-risk sites at least annually, supporting research that enables us to meet emerging threats, improving surveillance to identify and trace the sources and incidence of food-borne illness, and otherwise maintaining at least current funding levels for food safety initiatives at the Food and Drug Administration and the United States Department of Agriculture.

S.AMDT.516 to S.1 To provide for the conduct of a study concerning the health and learning impacts of sick and dilapidated public school buildings on children and to establish the Healthy and High Performance Schools Program.

Kathy of NH 6:37AM February 15, 2008