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Interesting stats I saw this evening. I haven’t fact checked them yet, but feel free to do so at my expense if you’d like.

During the first eight years of his elected service he sponsored over 820 bills. He introduced:

233 regarding health care 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

1. Coburn-Obama Government Transparency Act of 2006 – became law,

2. Lugar-Obama Nuclear Non-proliferation and Conventional Weapons Threat Reduction Act, – became law,

3. Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act, passed the Senate,

4. 2007 Government Ethics Bill, became law,

5. Protection Against Excessive Executive Compensation Bill, In committee, and many more.

In all, since entering the State/U.S. Senate, Senator Obama has written 890 bills and co-sponsored another 1096.