What are some of the Barack Obama Accomplishments in the Senate?

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THAT's funny...he was never present he never vote..... acomplisments ....none
Barack Obama has missed 168 votes (37.8%) during the current Congress

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Answer 2

Not voting Yes OR No for over 100 issues.

Answer 3

I DON'T KNOW ANY

Answer 4

It amazes me how often this topic comes up. Here are a few of the reasons I like Obama. I'm not telling you who to vote for. I just want to bring up some points most people don't know about Obama.


-Obama passed legislation with Republican Senator Jim Talent to give gas stations a tax credit for installing E85 ethanol refueling pumps. The tax credit covers 30 percent of the costs of switching one or more traditional petroleum pumps to E85, which is an 85 percent ethanol/15 percent gasoline blend.

-After a number of inmates on death row were found innocent, Senator Obama worked with law enforcement officials to require the videotaping of interrogations and confessions in all capital cases.

-His first law was passed with Republican Tom Coburn, a measure to rebuild trust in government by allowing every American to go online and see how and where every dime of their tax dollars is spent.

-Obama created the Illinois Earned Income Tax Credit for low-income working families in 2000 and successfully sponsored a measure to make the credit permanent in 2003. The law offered about $105 million in tax relief over three years.

-Obama joined forces with former U.S. Sen. Paul Simon (D-IL) to pass the toughest campaign finance law in Illinois history. The legislation banned the personal use of campaign money by Illinois legislators and banned gifts from lobbyists. Before the law was passed, one organization ranked Illinois worst among 50 states for its campaign finance regulations.

-As a member of the Veterans' Affairs Committee, Senator Obama has fought to help Illinois veterans get the disability pay they were promised, while working to prepare the VA for the return of the thousands of veterans who will need care after Iraq and Afghanistan.

-He traveled to Russia with Republican Dick Lugar to begin a new generation of non-proliferation efforts designed to find and secure deadly weapons around the world.

-Obama has been a leading advocate for protecting the right to vote, helping to reauthorize the Voting Rights Act and leading the opposition against discriminatory barriers to voting.

- In the U.S. Senate, Obama introduced the STOP FRAUD Act to increase penalties for mortgage fraud and provide more protections for low-income homebuyers, well before the current subprime crisis began.

-Obama sponsored legislation to combat predatory payday loans, and he also was credited with lobbied the state to more closely regulate some of the most egregious predatory lending practices.

-Barack Obama introduced the Patriot Employer Act of 2007 to provide a tax credit to companies that maintain or increase the number of full-time workers in America relative to those outside the US; maintain their corporate headquarters in America; pay decent wages; prepare workers for retirement; provide health insurance; and support employees who serve in the military.

-Obama worked to pass a number of laws in Illinois and Washington to improve the health of women. His accomplishments include creating a task force on cervical cancer, providing greater access to breast and cervical cancer screenings, and helping improve prenatal and premature birth services.

-Obama has introduced and helped pass bipartisan legislation to limit the abuse of no-bid federal contracts.

-Obama and Senator Feingold (D-WI) took on both parties and proposed ethics legislation that was described as the "gold standard" for reform. It was because of their leadership that ending subsidized corporate jet travel, mandating disclosure of lobbyists' bundling of contributions, and enacting strong new restrictions of lobbyist-sponsored trips became part of the final ethics bill that was signed into law.


I really could list many, many more but I fear it would be too much to take in at one time. I hope this helps some of you know him a little better. Everyone seems to be jumping on his "Change" bandwagon. However, he does have the record to back it up.

Good luck and get out there are vote for your candidate.

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NONE>

Answer 6

I believe he sent several dozen faxes.

Answer 7

He passed ethics reform bills for one. He has been one of the productive members of the senate, working with republicans and democrats to pass legislation.

His short career in the Senate has been analyzed as one of the most productive.

Answer 8

Well one thing we can't accuse him of is becoming a Senator for the sole purpose of running for president. That accusation rest solely on me!!

Answer 9

stealing valuable oxygen, and getting a fat senator pay check for illinois

Answer 10

I wasn't there I don't want to lie. Nonetheless, I think Clinton would addressed that already if he hasn't done any.

So what I heard is Obama doesn't want anymore innocent get kill meaning capital punishment. He asked for more verification on these cases.

Answer 11

Tom V has really educated me. Hopefully some others too. I was not aware of some of the things he bought to our attention. Sorry to say Obama can only impress me by losing this election.

Answer 12

Hmm...useful when senators skipped mass so he give them hope on the mornings.

Answer 13

Well, looks like this question and answer sessions seems to have been engineered solely to try to smear and ridicule Obama. It's, well, kind of too bad. Just in case anyone chances on this page by accident and has a genuine interest, then I'll add this to what TomV said above (and no, my name is TomY but no relation) Having been in the US Senate only 3 years now, Obama does not have a long record there, but he's accomplished a lot even in that time. Among other things, he co-sponsored key pieces of legislation with Democrats, as well as senior Republicans such as John McCain and Richard Lugar, for example this one: http://obama.senate.gov/press/070111-lugar-obama_non/ . His fuller senate record is available online, at http://thomas.loc.gov/ . (And I'm trying to insert the exact thread among the sources below.) In his 8-year career in the Illinois senate, he sponsored or co-sponsored 800 bills. (Yes 800.) A fuller newspaper article about Obama's legislative history, including in Illinois, is here: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/30/us/politics/30obama.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

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http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d109&querybd=@FIELD(FLD003+@4((@1(Sen+Obama++Barack))+01763))
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/30/us/politics/30obama.html?_r=1&oref=slogin