Posted by Anonymous on February 15, 2008 - 10:13am.
OBAMA: THE SUBSTANCE BEHIND THE RHETORIC
*$4,000/year college tuition assistance tied to non-combat national service: homeless shelters, veterans hospital, after-school tutoring, etc.
* Lower the cost of healthcare premiums by an average of $2,500/yr per family; allow Americans to buy into the exact same healthcare package offered to members of Congress.
* Eliminate income taxes for senior citizens who make less than $50,000/yr
* Roll back Bush tax cuts on the wealthy ($250,000/year +), and instead, offer deeper tax cuts to the lower and middle class.
* Raise the payroll tax ceiling above $97,500 to keep Social Security solvent
* Restructure FEMA so that the Director of FEMA is appointed to a fixed term to limit executive political influence; Allow the FEMA Director direct access to the President in emergencies, to author Executive Orders to bypass red type.
Clinton & Obama Senate Accomplishments, Whose Got the Beef?
http://www.opednews.com/articles/genera_angellig_080214_clinton__26_obam...
Clinton and her surrogates often repeat like a mantra that she is experienced and Ready on Day One! Below is a comparison of the senate accomplishments of both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama so that you can decide for yourselves, who really has the beef!
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"Check out Amadeo Sogni's article A Light in the Darkness where he actually does research in comparing legislative records of both Clinton and Obama. It was very illuminating and I would like someone to try to debunk it.
Sogni states:
Senator Clinton, who has served only one full term (6yrs.), and another year campaigning, has managed to author and pass into law, (20) twenty pieces of legislation in her first six years.
These bills can be found on the website of the Library of Congress (www.thomas.loc.gov), but to save you trouble, I'll post them here for you.
1. Establish the Kate Mullany National Historic Site.
2. Support the goals and ideals of Better Hearing and Speech Month.
3. Recognize the Ellis Island Medal of Honor.
4. Name courthouse after Thurgood Marshall.
5. Name courthouse after James L. Watson.
6. Name post office after Jonn A. O'Shea.
7. Designate Aug. 7, 2003, as National Purple Heart Recognition Day.
8. Support the goals and ideals of National Purple Heart Recognition Day.
9. Honor the life and legacy of Alexander Hamilton on the bicentennial of his death.
10. Congratulate the Syracuse Univ. Orange Men's Lacrosse Team on winning the championship.
OBAMAS:
Now, I would post those of Obama's, but the list is too substantive, so I'll mainly categorize. During the first (8) eight years of his elected service he sponsored over 820 bills. He introduced
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 Transparency 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), and many more.
In all since enter the U.S. Senate, Senator Obama has written 890 bills and co-sponsored another 1096.
(FROM WIZBANGBLUE, Mothermaven, 2/13/08)"
SO WHOSE GOT THE BEEF?
