Cont. from previous post: 5.Name courthouse after James L. Watson. 6.Name post office after John A. O'Shea. 7.Designate Aug.7,03, as National Purple Heart recognition Day. 8.Support the goals and ideals of National Purple Heart recognition Day. 9.Honor the life and legacy of Alexander Hamilton on the bicentennial of his death. 10.Congratulate the Syracuse University Orange Men's Lacrosse Team on winning the championship. 11.Congratulate the Le Moyne College Dolphins Men's Lacrosse Team on winning the championship. 12.Establish the 225th Anniversary of the American Revolution Commemorative Program. 13.Name post office after Sergeant Riayn A. Tejeda. 14.Honor Shirley Chisholm for her service to the nation and express condolences on her death. 15.Honor John J. Downing, Brian Fahey, and Harry Ford, firefighters who lost their lives on duty. 16.Extend period of unemployment assistance to victims of 9/11. 17.Pay for city projects in response to 9/11. 18.Assist landmine victims in other countries. 19.Assist family caregivers in accessing affordable respite care. 20.Designate part of the National Forest system in Puerto Rico as protected in the wilderness Preservation System. There you have it. These are real and are part of the Congressional Record. I ask you now, which Senator has worked for the benefit of all people? Please use your common sense and caucus for Mr. Obama tomorrow. Don't let America miss this opportunity.

Folks, this is a most important election, possibly the most important of this century. It is imperative we get it right, and there is only one right choice of all candidates running. That is Barack Obama. You need to look at past records of these candidates as they served the people in their officially elected roles. I was prepared to post accomplishments of Mr. Obama, however a previous post by dranfu, did a fairly decent job, even though a lot was left out. When an individual is elected to be your representative, it is their job to go to Washington and propose and write legislation not only beneficial to your state, but to American's overall. Mr. Obama not only has an impressive record in the Illinois Senate, but also the U.S. Senate. The previous post by dranfu did not mention some of Mr. Obama's accomplishments in only his first year in the Senate. I will touch on a few that have been signed into law. The first year Barack authored 152 bills and co-sponsored another 427. Some of the major bills include the Coburn-Obama government Transparency Act. This Act in consort with Republican Tom Coburn now gives Americans the ability to log into the website- www.usaspending.gov - on this website you are able to see where your hard earned tax dollars go and what they are spent on. Another companion bill he has introduced, which is still in committee, will require future contract proposal's and earmarks to be posted to the internet as well, before the money is spent. This law if passed will allow you to offer your opinion on these spending bills. This is historic transparency. Working with Republican Richard-Lugar, they passed the Lugar-Obama Nuclear Non-proliferation and Conventional Weapons Threat Reduction Bill. He was able to get the only Ethics bill in three decades passed into law, and has a companion campaign finance reform bill that is still in committee. He has authored Senate bill S-1181 which is a Protection Against Excessive Executive Compensation Act, a bill direly needed to close tax loopholes that allow our CEO's to reap windfall pay while workers suffer. These are only a few, at present there are over 890 Senate bills with Mr. Obama's name on them since he entered the Senate. We have never had such a good representative and he will do even better as President. To be fair,let me list the bills Hillary Clinton has managed to author and have pass into law in her first and only six year term in an officially elected position. She has had 20 bills signed into law. These can be verified, just the same as Mr. Obama's legislation by going to the government website www.senate.gov. Here are the bills she authored: 1.Establish the Kate Mullany National Historic Site. 2.Support the goals and ideals of Better Hearing and Speech Month. 3.Recognize the Ellis Island Medal of Honor. 4.Name courthouse after Thurgood Marshall. 5.Name courthouse after James L. Watson. Continued: