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2016 Postmortem

FreakinDJ

(17,644 posts) Sun Jan 10, 2016, 11:30 AM Jan 2016

Fact Checker: Just how effective was Bernie Sanders with a Republican Congress? [View all]

Fact Checker: Just how effective was Bernie Sanders with a Republican Congress?

“Bernie Sanders passed more amendments in a Republican Congress than any other member.”

Source of claim: “Effective,” an ad paid for by Bernie 2016 Campaign Committee in support of Democratic presidential candidate and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.

The research identifies the top 10 senators for 1995-2005. Sanders ranked No. 1 at sponsoring successful amendments, edging out Rep. James Traficant, D-Ohio, with 16; Rep. Christopher Smith, R-NJ, with 14; and Benjamin Gilman, R-NY, with 13, according to the data.

The Fact Checker independently researched the votes using a congressional database.

http://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/politics/election/iowa-caucus/fact-checker-just-how-effective-was-bernie-sanders-with-a-republican-congress-20160108

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Fact Checker: Just how effective was Bernie Sanders with a Republican Congress? [View all] FreakinDJ Jan 2016 OP

How many bills or amendments that Hillary wrote became law merrily Jan 2016 #1

The OP is about Bernie and rated only a 'D' riversedge Jan 2016 #2

I guess in that respect HRC would score an F FreakinDJ Jan 2016 #3

I know what the Op is about. It is not about Bernie's wardrobe. merrily Jan 2016 #5

DAMN you ARE good. REALLY REALLY good. !! pangaia Jan 2016 #7

Glad you enjoyed it. Thank you. merrily Jan 2016 #8

I always look forward to your comments and posts, merrily! Duval Jan 2016 #10

Why, thank you. I had no idea. merrily Jan 2016 #12

Not sure we wanna go there PatrynXX Jan 2016 #14

I could just as easily have said "Bernie's lawn mower, but nooooo. I had to pick merrily Jan 2016 #17

Why like comparisons, it is primary season artislife Jan 2016 #15

This many. Sunlei Jan 2016 #21

How many of those are substantive (not like re-naming a post office or remembering the merrily Jan 2016 #22

kind of a chickenshit fact check dsc Jan 2016 #4

you can check here about both Mrs. Clinton and Sanders. Sunlei Jan 2016 #6

She initiated and passed 3 bills of no consequence. Check it. nt artislife Jan 2016 #16

What you find online is mostly about bills co-sponsored, which doesn't take much. merrily Jan 2016 #18

No their entire record is there for example- Sunlei Jan 2016 #20

She did NOT write hundreds of bills and amendment that became law. More like 3 or 4, ceremonial. merrily Jan 2016 #23

Forgot this part........ Historic NY Jan 2016 #9

Yeah, what's up? tecelote Jan 2016 #19

Traficant Historic NY Jan 2016 #24

K&R! Duval Jan 2016 #11

That's a very irrelevant and extremely simpleton Gman Jan 2016 #13

Thank you. Indeed. libdem4life Jan 2016 #25