Wed Mar 20, 2019, 09:22 PM
Snopes: Do Sens. Warren, Booker, Harris and Sanders Pass Fewer Bills Than Other Senators?
This discussion thread is pinned. Posting in the Sanders group for discussion and reference.  to Omaha Steve for posting this in the primaries forum.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/128733336 What's True
Only a fraction of the proposed bills sponsored by Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Kamala Harris (D-CA), and Bernie Sanders ( D-VT) have been passed by Congress. What's False This phenomenon is not unique to these four senators (as only a very small fraction of all proposed legislation ends up being passed), and the statistics included in the meme are outdated. A text meme supposedly showcasing the legislative records of various 2020 Democratic presidential candidates — Elizabeth Warren (MA), Cory Booker (NJ), Kamala Harris (CA), and Bernie Sanders (VT) — circulated on social media in March 2019 along with comments about how these lawmakers were ineffective at their jobs for their failure to pass more than a scant handful of bills: FULL story here: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/democratic-senators-pass-bills-rate/
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Author | Time | Post |
 Snopes: Do Sens. Warren, Booker, Harris and Sanders Pass Fewer Bills Than Other Senators? (Original post) |
Autumn | Mar 2019 | OP |
| INdemo | Mar 2019 | #1 | |
| Autumn | Mar 2019 | #2 | |
| INdemo | Mar 2019 | #3 | |
| Omaha Steve | Mar 2019 | #4 | |
| Autumn | Mar 2019 | #5 | |
| INdemo | Mar 2019 | #6 | |
| Autumn | Mar 2019 | #7 | |
| CentralMass | Mar 2019 | #8 |
Response to Autumn (Original post)
Wed Mar 20, 2019, 09:36 PM
INdemo (6,983 posts)
1. What was the purpose of your post when any Democrat in the Senate would not be able to
Response to INdemo (Reply #1)
Wed Mar 20, 2019, 09:48 PM
2. Because it gives details on four of our Democratic candidates, one of which is Bernie Sanders
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and this is a group to discuss Bernie Sanders and his actions.
 Can you explain how posting about the success rate in passing legislation by four of our Democratic Senators, who are all candidates, is trashing them? When you read the article it shows that even with this GOP controlled Senate they did very well. |
Response to Autumn (Reply #2)
Wed Mar 20, 2019, 10:21 PM
INdemo (6,983 posts)
3. Well its obvious that in this Republican controlled Senate and with the current Majority
Response to INdemo (Reply #3)
Wed Mar 20, 2019, 11:12 PM
Omaha Steve (92,536 posts)
4. You would be surprised at the number of times this came up in the last cycle about Bernie
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Response to INdemo (Reply #3)
Thu Mar 21, 2019, 08:13 AM
5. Did you even read the article and look at the stats? If you did you should see that your
Response to Autumn (Reply #5)
Thu Mar 21, 2019, 11:43 AM
INdemo (6,983 posts)
6. Well here we are 11 or 12 months away from the Iowa caucus and
Response to INdemo (Reply #6)
Thu Mar 21, 2019, 11:49 AM
7. Time has nothing to do with your assertion that the OP is senseless. They did get bills
Response to Autumn (Original post)
Sun Mar 31, 2019, 11:39 AM
CentralMass (14,617 posts)
8. Bernie has also been called the ammendment king for the high number of ammendments that he was able
