A misleading e-mail has been making the rounds, alleging that Clinton has fewer legislative accomplishments than Obama, and that they are less substantive. We've had questions about it from a number of readers, and blogs have jumped into the fray. So what's the real story on the Senate careers of the Democratic presidential candidates?
We find that the e-mail is false in almost every particular:
- It sets up a face-off between apples and, well, broccoli, comparing only the Clinton-sponsored bills that became law with all bills sponsored or cosponsored by Obama, whether they were signed into law or not.
- It includes legislation Obama sponsored in the Illinois state Senate, a very different legislative body.
- It tells us that Obama has sponsored more legislation than Clinton, when in fact he has sponsored less.
- It implies that Obama has passed more bills into law than Clinton, when the opposite is true.
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