Reading through the puff, I see lots of phrases like "led the charge" and "taken on", but I don't see a detailed list of things that actually got done.
Here is what Howard Dean had to say:
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| Dean: Senator Kerry is the front-runner, and I mean him no insult, but in 19 years in the Senate, Senator Kerry sponsored nine -- 11 bills that had anything to do with health care, and not one of them passed. |
The Associated Press did an investigation on Kerry's career in the Senate. Here is what they found:
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| AP: More Investigator than Legislator
Kerry's campaign website contains a long list of bills Kerry has either sponsored or co-sponored over the years.
But in July 2003 The Associated Press reviewed Kerry's legislative record and concluded that he "is known for using his investigative powers to shine a light on problems and corruption, but not as someone steeped in the process of making bills into law."
The AP story said:
Kerry has been the lead sponsor of eight bills that have become law. Two are related to his work on the Senate panel on oceans and fisheries - a 1994 law to protect marine mammals from being taken during commercial fishing and a 1991 measure for the National Sea Grant College Program Act, which finances marine research.
In 1999, President Clinton signed his bill providing grants to support small businesses owned by women.
The rest of the laws he saw passed were ceremonial - renaming a federal building, designating Vietnam Veterans Memorial 10th Anniversary Day, National POW/MIA Recognition Day and World Population Awareness Week in two separate years.
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