2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumFact 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
merrily
(45,251 posts)that were not "ceremonial," like re-naming a post office or observing the anniversary of the American Revolution?
riversedge
(70,204 posts)FreakinDJ
(17,644 posts)She passed FEWER and of less importance
merrily
(45,251 posts)pangaia
(24,324 posts)merrily
(45,251 posts)Duval
(4,280 posts)merrily
(45,251 posts)PatrynXX
(5,668 posts)merrily
(45,251 posts)something controversial.
artislife
(9,497 posts)We can think about more than one subject at a time.
And we do, it is obvious, because we support the best candidate out there--Bernie Sanders.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)Bill Type check all
Bills (H.R. or S.) 2,343
Amendments (H.Amdt. or S.Amdt.) 1,043
Resolutions (H.Res. or S.Res.) 732
Concurrent Resolutions (H.Con.Res. or S.Con.Res.) 279
Joint Resolutions (H.J.Res. or S.J.Res.) 57
merrily
(45,251 posts)anniversary of the Revolution)?
dsc
(52,160 posts)but many are.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)Here's Congress you'll have to search around yourself and find the Senate votes/sponsorships and the SOS records. And the old records from when Mrs. Clinton was a Senator of New York.
https://www.congress.gov/
artislife
(9,497 posts)merrily
(45,251 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)edit to add another 'all' with Hillary Clinton. look on the left, hundreds of results.
https://www.congress.gov/search?q=%7B%22congress%22%3A%22all%22%2C%22source%22%3A%22all%22%2C%22search%22%3A%22hillary%20clinton%22%7D
merrily
(45,251 posts)Reply 16 is correct.
Historic NY
(37,449 posts)Voice votes and roll call votes serve different purposes, but the Sanders ad didnt make clear his reference was to a subset of amendments when claiming he passed more amendments in a Republican Congress than any other member.
In our review, which was not exhaustive, we found at least one Democratic colleague Rep. Traficant who in fewer terms passed far more amendments.
Its true the Vermont senator is more prolific than many lawmakers at sponsoring successful amendments, particularly more consequential ones requiring roll-call votes, but taken at face value the claim is off the mark.
Fact Checker scores this claim a D.
Ben Gilman was my Congressman he was was in office until he hit age 79 when the Republicans redistricted him. He's still alive at 94 and live at the local VA hospital.
tecelote
(5,122 posts)"In our review, which was not exhaustive, we found at least one Democratic colleague Rep. Traficant who in fewer terms passed far more amendments. "
So, there is maybe one, depending on how you look at it. That deserves a D becuase Bernie might be #2?
Let's call it an A-.
Historic NY
(37,449 posts)he's the only guy to run for Congress from prison....LOL.
Gman
(24,780 posts)Way to describe the president's interaction with Congress.
It means nothing