Bills Redux
I previously linked to a purported analysis of the number and character of bills introduced by Sens. Clinton and Obama during their time in the Senate.
I now think that link’s data is incorrect. Over the last two years:
Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham
- Total Sponsored Legislative Items: 150
- Total Items Passed into Law: 53
- % Success = 53/150 = 35.3%
Sen Obama, Barack
- Total Sponsored Legislative Items: 113
- Total Items Passed into Law: 47
- % Success = 47/113 = 41.6%
Rep Paul, Ron
- Total Sponsored Legislative Items: 65
- Total Items Passed into Law: 10
- % Success = 10/65 = 15.4%
Further, according to GovTrack,
Hillary Clinton has sponsored 354 bills since Jan 22, 2001, of which 307 haven’t made it out of committee (Extremely Poor) and 2 were successfully enacted (Average, relative to peers). Clinton has co-sponsored 1725 bills during the same time period (Average, relative to peers). source
Barack Obama has sponsored 129 bills since Jan 4, 2005, of which 120 haven’t made it out of committee (Poor) and 1 were successfully enacted (Average, relative to peers). Obama has co-sponsored 548 bills during the same time period (Average, relative to peers). source
