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Earlier in the 2008 Presidential campaign the leading Democratic party candidate, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, entered into an argument that began with the famous description of her nearest rival, Senator Barack Obama, as ‘naive and irresponsible’ and that her experience in politics was superior to his. Her critics pointed out the only experience she could claim for her candidacy for President of the United States was living in the White House with former President William Jefferson Clinton, her husband, as First Lady. Her supporters suggested she played a more active role in government than a typical First Lady. This debate can continue indefinitely with no hope of solving the argument to anyone’s satisfaction. But the former First Lady’s ‘experience’ aside, the experience of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton can be factually represented by the legislation she has sponsored that became law since being sworn in for her first term on January 3, 2001. With her seventh year as a Senator coming to a close she has sponsored hundreds of bills of which a mere 18 have become public law.

A summary of the quality and quantity of these bills that became law is presented below followed by the Thomas database summary of them from the Library of Congress:

11 ‘designate’ bills for a building or land
2 political 911 bills
1 bill for a service award
1 bill for a display in the capitol
1 building assessment bill
1 bill to authorize a program
1 bill to reauthorize a program

Bills sponsored by Sen Clinton in the 107th Congress that became Public Law out of 161 total bills.

21. S.584 : A bill to designate the United States courthouse located at 40 Centre Street in New York, New York, as the “Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse”.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 3/21/2001) Cosponsors (3)
Committees: Senate Environment and Public Works
Latest Major Action: 9/5/2001 Held at the desk.
Note: For further action, see H.R. 988, which became Public Law 107-33 on 8/20/2001.

27. S.1422 : A bill to provide for the expedited payment of certain benefits for a public safety officer who was killed or suffered a catastrophic injury as a direct and proximate result of a personal injury sustained in the line of duty in connection with the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 9/13/2001) Cosponsors (13)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 9/13/2001 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Note: For further action, see H.R. 2882, which became Public Law 107-37 on 9/18/2001.

32. S.1622 : A bill to extend the period of availability of unemployment assistance under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act in the case of victims of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 11/1/2001) Cosponsors (2)
Committees: Senate Environment and Public Works; House Transportation and Infrastructure
Senate Reports: 107-120 House Reports: 107-377
Latest Major Action: 3/18/2002 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 219.
Note: For further action, see H.R. 3986, which became Public Law 107-154 on 3/25/2002.

41. S.1892 : A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 375 Carlls Path in Deer Park, New York, as the “Raymond M. Downey Post Office Building”.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 1/23/2002) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Governmental Affairs
Latest Major Action: 3/21/2002 Senate committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Committee on Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Note: For further action, see H.R. 3379, which became Public Law 107-167 on 4/18/2002.

72. S.2496 : A bill to provide for the establishment of investigative teams to assess building performance and emergency response and evacuation procedures in the wake of any building failure that has resulted in substantial loss of life or that posed significant potential of substantial loss of life, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 5/9/2002) Cosponsors (3)
Committees: Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Latest Major Action: 5/9/2002 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Note: For further action, see H.R. 4687, which became Public Law 107-231 on 10/1/2002.

87. S.2918 : A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 380 Main Street in Farmingdale, New York, as the “Peter J. Ganci, Jr. Post Office Building”.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 9/10/2002) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Governmental Affairs
Latest Major Action: 11/18/2002 Senate floor actions. Status: Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent.
Note: For further action, see H.R. 5336, which became Public Law 107-285 on 11/6/2002.

Bills sponsored by Clinton that became public law out of a total of 138 bills in the 108th

23. S.1241 : A bill to establish the Kate Mullany National Historic Site in the State of New York, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 6/11/2003) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Energy and Natural Resources; House Resources
Senate Reports: 108-295
Latest Major Action: Became Public Law No: 108-438 [GPO: Text, PDF]

24. S.1266 : A bill to award a congressional gold medal to Dr. Dorothy Height, in recognition of her many contributions to the Nation.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 6/13/2003) Cosponsors (68)
Committees: Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Latest Major Action: 6/13/2003 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Note: For further action, see H.R. 1821, which became Public Law 108-162 on 12/6/2003.

28. S.1425 : A bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to reauthorize the New York City Watershed Protection Program.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 7/17/2003) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Environment and Public Works
Senate Reports: 108-205
Latest Major Action: 11/20/2003 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 406.
Note: For further action, see H.R.2771, which became Public Law 108-328 on 10/16/2004.

68. S.2838 : A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 10 West Prospect Street in Nanuet, New York, as the “Anthony I. Lombardi Memorial Post Office Building”.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 9/23/2004) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Governmental Affairs
Latest Major Action: 9/23/2004 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
Note: For further action, see H.R.4618, which became Public Law 108-397 on 10/30/2004.

69. S.2839 : A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 555 West 180th Street in New York, New York, as the “Sergeant Riayan A. Tejeda Post Office”.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 9/23/2004) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Governmental Affairs
Latest Major Action: 11/16/2004 Held at the desk.
Note: For further action, see H.R.4046, which became Public Law 108-388 on 10/30/2004.

Bills sponsored by Clinton that became public law out of a total of 177 bills in the 109th

11. S.272 : A bill to designate certain National Forest System land in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 2/3/2005) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Senate Reports: 109-34
Latest Major Action: 7/27/2005 Held at the desk.
Note: For further action, see H.R.539, which became Public Law 109-118 on 12/1/2005.

28. S.1283 : A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a program to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite care, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 6/21/2005) Cosponsors (28)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 6/21/2005 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Note: For further action, see H.R.3248, which became Public Law 109-442 on 12/21/2006.

51. S.2376 : A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 80 Killian Road in Massapequa, New York, as the “Gerard A. Fiorenza Post Office Building”.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 3/7/2006) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Latest Major Action: 6/22/2006 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 480.
Note: For further action, see H.R.3934, which became Public Law 109-255 on 8/1/2006.

55. S.2722 : A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 170 East Main Street in Patchogue, New York, as the “Lieutenant Michael P. Murphy Post Office Building”.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 5/4/2006) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Latest Major Action: 6/22/2006 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 482.
Note: For further action, see H.R.4101, which became Public Law 109-256 on 8/1/2006.

67. S.3613 : A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2951 New York Highway 43 in Averill Park, New York, as the “Major George Quamo Post Office Building”.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 6/29/2006) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs; House Government Reform
Latest Major Action: Became Public Law No: 109-311 [GPO: Text, PDF]

71. S.3716 : A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 100 Pitcher Street in Utica, New York, as the “Captain George A. Wood Post Office Building”.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 7/24/2006) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Latest Major Action: 7/24/2006 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Note: For further action, see H.R.4962, which became Public Law 109-275 on 8/17/2006.

78. S.3910 : A bill to direct the Joint Committee on the Library to accept the donation of a bust depicting Sojourner Truth and to display the bust in a suitable location in the Capitol.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 9/19/2006) Cosponsors (13)
Committees: Senate Rules and Administration
Latest Major Action: 9/19/2006 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Note: For further action, see H.R.4510, which became Public Law 109-427 on 12/20/2006.

146 bills sponsored in the 110th Congress, as of this writing none have yet become law.

While Hillary Rodham Clinton argues she is qualified to be President based on her experience the fact remains that outside of a boat load of scandals she only has one failed health care proposal and 18 minor public laws on her resume’. Hardly a recommendation to assume the responsibility of Command and Chief of the United States.

The point here is that she refuses to release docs about her time as First Lady yet wants that time to count for her experience to be President. If she had not been married to William Jefferson Clinton she would not have lived in the White House. If she had not been married to William Jefferson Clinton she would not have lived in the Arkansas State House. If she had not been offered a heavily Democratic area in state of New York to run for the Senate there is a better than even chance she would not have been elected to the Senate. While in the Senate for seven years, a legislative body, she has sponsored 18 minor bills that became law and more than half of those were for naming a building after someone famous or some similar purpose. These items do not represent Presidential aspirations or ability.

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