Senator Obama has sponsored or co-sponsored 570 bills in the 109th and 110th Congress.
Senator Obama has sponsored or co-sponsored 15 bills that have become LAW since he joined the Senate in 2005.
Senator Obama has also introduced amendments to 50 bills, of which 16 were adopted by the Senate.
* Energy Efficiency and Climate Change (25 bills)
* Health care (21 bills) and public health (20 bills)
* Consumer protection/labor (14 bills)
* The needs of Veterans and the Armed Forces (13 bills)
* Congressional Ethics and Accountability (12 bills)
* Foreign Policy (10 bills)
* Voting and Elections (9 bills)
* Education (7 bills)
* Hurricane Katrina Relief (6)
* The Environment (5 bills)
* Homeland Security (4 bills)
* Discrimination (4 bills)
Lugar-Obama Nonproliferation Legislation (http://obama.senate.gov/press/070111-lugar-obama_non/ - broken link)
I do not have links to each of these bills, but they can be found in the
Congressional Record, 109th and 110th Congress.
IMHO, one of his
greatest accomplishments was speaking out *against* the invasion of Iraq--when
so many other politicians were going along with it. Of course, he was not a sitting senator at the time, and, once he became Senator, his voting record reflects pragmatism rather than idealism.
Sourcewatch
However, writing two books, graduating from Columbia, attending Harvard Law school, and becoming the first black editor of the Harvard Law Review, and teaching Constitutional law are admirable, as is the tremendously successful campaign he has organized and led.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
