Senator Obama's Priorities - WashingtonWatch.Com
Posted on: Monday, 8 September 2008, 00:00 CDT
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Of the three federal legislators in the presidential race, Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) is the most prolific legislator as far as bills introduced, but the least successful at getting them passed. None of the 59 bills he has introduced in the current Congress have become law.
A full list of bills introduced by Senator Obama in the 110th Congress can be found on the WashingtonWatch.com blog at http://www.washingtonwatch.com/blog
Senator Obama has had successes as a legislator, of course. In the government transparency movement (of which WashingtonWatch.com is a part), there is a great deal of fondness for the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (aka the Coburn-Obama bill). Passed in the 109th Congress, it created a federal government Web site that reveals where all that federal spending goes. A follow-on in the current Congress is S. 3077, The Strengthening Transparency and Accountability in Federal Spending Act of 2008.
Senator Obama's recent bills reflect a focus on energy issues and health care and benefits for military veterans, though he has bills in a wide variety of areas.
One or two are of particular interest. S. 2433, The Global Poverty Act of 2007, is probably the most controversial. It would require the President to develop and implement a comprehensive strategy to reduce global poverty, but many believe it would do much more.
The statement of purpose for an Obama bill called S. 976, The Genomics and Personalized Medicine Act of 2007, makes some exaggerated claims about what it will do, winning it membership in WashingtonWatch.com's "And a Pony" club.
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