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Sounds to me like this "job" was just a front to pay his way to pursue the presidency. His real talent is campaigning and fund raising. He must owe a lot of favors.
Who did he have to pay for the opportunity to run for president?
He was one of the authors of the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act (S. 2180).
He sponsored the Congressional Ethics Enforcement Commission Act (S. 2259)
He sponsored The Transparency and Integrity in Earmarks Act (S. 2261)
He sponsored The Curtailing Lobbyist Effectiveness through Advance Notification, Updates, and Posting Act (The CLEAN UP Act) (S. 2179)
He co-sponsored the Medicare Informed Choice Act (S. 1841) .
He helped draft and introduce the National MEDiC Act (S. 1784).
He introduced the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program Efficiency Act (S. 2247) .
He introduced the Attacking Viral Influenza Across Nations Act (S. 969) .
He intorduced the Lead Free Toys Act (S. 2048) .
He also introduced the Healthy Communities Act (S. 2047) .
He introduced the Genomics and Personalized Medicine Act of 2006 (S. 3822).
He was also an original cosponsor of the Home Lead Safety Tax Credit Act (S. 2053).
He cosponsored the Great Lakes Environmental Restoration Act (S. 508).
He was a cosponsor of the Climate Stewardship and Innovation Act (S. 1151) .
He introduced the Mercury Market Minimization Act (S. 3627) and the Missing Mercury in Manufacturing Monitoring and Mitigation Act (S. 3631) .
He cosponsored the Combat Meth Act (S. 103) and cosponsored a seperate amendment to raise Byrne funding to $900 million in 2006 .
He cosponsored Dru's Law (S. 792).
He also cosponsored the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act.
He cosponsored extension of the Violence Against Women Act (S. 1197).
He cosponsored The Chemical Safety and Security Act (S. 2486) s.
He cosponsored the extension of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (which became Public Law 109-144).
He introduced the Spent Nuclear Fuel Tracking and Accountability Act (S. 1194).
He introduced the Innovation Districts for School Improvement Act (S. 2441).
He ntroduced the Summer Term Education Programs for Upward Progress Act (STEP UP) (S. 2149) .
There are a bunch more, but check my math for me. I'm pretty sure that's already more than 2.
About that Virul Influenza Act.
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Less than two months after ascending to the U.S. Senate, Barack Obama bought more than $50,000 worth of stock in two speculative companies whose major investors included some of his biggest political donors.
One of the companies was a biotech concern that was starting to develop a drug to treat avian flu. In March 2005, two weeks after buying about $5,000 of its shares, Obama took the lead in a legislative push for more federal spending to battle the disease.
He also bought more than $50,000 in stock in a satellite communications business whose principal backers include four friends and donors who had raised more than $150,000 for his political committees.
A spokesman for Obama says the senator did not know that he had invested in either company.
"Just how much Senate experience does Barack Obama have in terms of actual work days?"
The answer -- Not much!
From the time Barack Obama was sworn in as a United State Senator, to the time he announced that he was forming a Presidential exploratory committee, he logged 143 days of experience in the Senate. That's how many days the Senate was actually in session and working.
ya gotta love it, only in America. He was ambitious, have to give him credit for that.
The Alaska legislature is in session for 90 days. Sarah presided over 180 days of legislative activiy when she was appointed VP candidate by John McCain.
The Alaska legislature is in session for 90 days. Sarah presided over 180 days of legislative activiy when she was appointed VP candidate by John McCain.
She accomplished a lot as Governor in her tenior from Dec 2006 to July of 2009. She had a outstanding legislative record but she is not the subject of my thread.
Co-Sponsoring is not a accomplishment. Getting the bills passed is.
roughly 10% of bills proposed are passed. sponsoring a bill or help writing one is still and undertaking.
Its not like you come up with these things over night. Some bills take months to get written and created.
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