Yvette's Legislative Agenda TK
In January, New York sent four freshmen to congress. So far, they have authored a total of 23 bills.
Nine came from Michael Arcuri upstate. Another nine came from John Hall in the Hudson Valley. And the last five came from Kirsten Gillibrand from Glens Falls.
Yvette Clarke of Brooklyn, so far, has not authored any. (After a reader pointed this out to me, I checked it on Library of Congress web site.) I emailed Clarke's office to ask if that was accurate. A spokesperson from Clarke's office, Vanessa Milara, emailed to say, “Yes that site is accurate. She has not introduced legislation, however she has co-sponsored a variety of legislation."
Obama Vs. McCain Polling Data
- Poll
- Obama (D)
- McCain(R)
- Spread
- RCP Average
- 46.0
- 42.0
- Obama +4.0
Favorable Ratings
- Candidate
- Favorable
- Unfavorable
- Spread
- Obama
- 55.7
- 33.0
- +22.7
- McCain
- 52.7
- 34.1
- +18.6
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On the bright side, she looks fabulous..
those numbers are a little misleading... for instance, Arcuri sits on the Rules Committee, and some of his 9 are resolutions setting the rules of debate on bills that actually made it to the floor.
others -- take Gillibrand's introduction of a balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution -- are little more than thought exercises, doomed to go nowhere in the legislative process and are a complete waste of staff time and paper.
sometimes, leadership will give important bills to members they think are endangered. but that hasn't seemed to have happened here. so call us when any of these freshmen get anything they've written actually passed...
which is to say, bravo for Yvette for not perpetrating any of this sort of legislative fraud on the public. when you're first elected to Congress keep your head down, and twenty years later, you may amount to something...
I wonder if her and Adam Clayton Powell have been discussing strategy.