Obama's Legislative Record for Chris Matthews

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Obama's record in the Illinois Senate - NY Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2007/07/29/us/politics/20070730_OBAMA_GRAPHIC.html

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/2/20/1037/38010

233 regarding healthcare reform,
125 on poverty and public assistance,
112 crime fighting bills,
97 economic bills,
60 human rights and anti-discrimination bills,
21 ethics reform bills,
15 gun control,
6 veterans affairs and many others.

His first year in the U.S. Senate, he authored 152 bills and co-sponsored another 427. These included:

**the Coburn-Obama Government Transparen cy Act of 2006 (became law),
**The Lugar-Obama Nuclear Non-proliferation and Conventional Weapons Threat Reduction Act,(became law),
**The Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act, passed the Senate,
**The 2007 Government Ethics Bill,(became law),
**The Protection Against Excessive Executive Compensation Bill,(In committee),

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1. excellant, the internet is a beautifal thing

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2. let's clog Chris's mailbox

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4. I think MSNBC has closed all the mailboxes

I tried to send Keith an E-mail and they kept getting returned-anybody know a proper E-mail address?

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3. Even Keith was pissed at him

it was so uncouth to try and embarrass the man like that-I was waiting for him to ask STJ the same thing-she could have cited Hillary's famous Flag Burning bill-talk about world shaking

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5. A few details of accomplishments in article from Time

Obama's Varied Record
Jan. 16, 2008 By AP/CHRISTOPHER WILLS

"Obama's accomplishments are more substantial and varied than Clinton suggests. And he has a longer record in elected office than she does, as a second-term New York senator.

Obama was a community organizer and led a voter-registration effort in Chicago that added tens of thousands of people to the rolls. He was a civil rights attorney and taught at one of the nation's premier universities. He helped pass complicated measures in the Illinois legislature on the death penalty, racial profiling, health care and more. In Washington, he has worked with Republicans on nuclear proliferation, government waste and global warming, amassing a record that speaks to a fast start while lacking the heft of years of service.

The Illinois Democrat likes to quote something Bill Clinton once said: "The truth is, you can have the right kind of experience and the wrong kind of experience. Mine is rooted in the real lives of real people, and it will bring real results if we have the courage to change."

After college, Obama moved to Chicago for a low-paying job as a community organizer. He worked with poor families on the South Side to get improvements in public housing, particularly the removal of asbestos."

More: http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1704117,00.html