Amy Klobuchar has been the most productive 2020 candidate in Congress

[brooklynite]

Axios

While Sen. Elizabeth Warren is the presidential candidate who's known for her robust set of policy plans, Sen. Amy Klobuchar is the one who's been the most prolific at her day job, introducing the most bills of any senator or House member running for president, according to data from Quorum.

The big picture: She's also introduced more bills than any senator, whether they're running for president or not. But that hasn't worked to her benefit in a primary that has incentivized maximum resistance and bold ideas that likely wouldn't become law in a divided government. She is polling at just 1%.

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[sharedvalues]

1. Introduced bills that got nowhere under McConnell?

I like Klobuchar.
But “introducing bills” isn’t productivity. Passing them is.

And people like Warren and Sanders and other presidential candidates out there advocating to change our politics so we CAN pass bills in 2020 are arguably being more productive.

Edit: Axios stinks. It’s for-profit tripe, the worst of DC, “savvy-style”, insider garbage.

[JI7]

3. but it shows she is doing what she can with the power she has

[pnwmom]

7. None of her opponents have been more productive, with McConnell putting the Senate under lockdown. n

[Laura PourMeADrink]

13. so, are there stats on what the candidates sponsored that passed? became law?

[sharedvalues]

15. Almost nothing. Because Repubs control the Senate.

And the Senate is busy confirming rightwing ideologues as judges.

This is a national crisis. There is no working with today’s Republican Party. The party must be massively defeated if we want to “be productive”.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

16. So getting a Dem House majority to pass a bill

should be pretty much a piece of cake. Strikes me that there is some point where you could look foolish like you are beating your head against the wall? On the other hand, what are you going to just sit there?

Guess if people spurn compromise...this is the result. Not saying we should..but if we don't, nothing will happen.

[JI7]

2. she has been moving up into my top favorites

[oasis]

4. Great work. Kick for Amy K.

[abqtommy]

6. Many present candidates who don't get the nomination

will be welcome additions to the cabinet or a congress/senate majority. Roll on, BIG BLUE MACHINE!

[grantcart]

8. She is a treasure

[Kind of Blue]

9. Obviously Sen. Klobuchar is working hard for us.

I'm just glad this information is coming to light.

Thanks for posting, brooklynite.

[comradebillyboy]

10. I'm very sad that Klobuchar isn't doing well.

[Capt. America]

11. She could very well likely become VP.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

12. Just saw this on Twitter. What does it mean, # of votes missed? Harris and Sanders

missed 40+% of the votes they were supposed to be there for? What??? How does that happen?

[betsuni]

14. Al Franken speaks highly of her in "Giant of the Senate":

"No human being works harder than Amy Klobuchar. If Amy wasn't at a bean feed I went to, then her husband, John Bessler, and their daughter, Abigail, were there. If John and Abigail weren't there, Amy's father, Jim Klobuchar, the beloved Star Tribune columnist, was there. If none of them were there, I wondered, 'Why am I here?'"