He joined Chuck Schumer (D-NY) in sponsoring S. 453, a bill to criminalize deceptive practices in federal elections, including fraudulent flyers and automated phone calls, as witnessed in the 2006 midterm elections. . . . Environment specialists welcomed his sponsorship with John McCain (R-AZ) of a climate change bill to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by two-thirds by 2050, but were skeptical of his support for a bill promoting liquefied coal production. Obama also introduced the "Iraq War De-Escalation Act of 2007," a bill to cap troop levels in Iraq, begin phased redeployment, and remove all combat brigades from Iraq before April 2008.
Later in 2007, Obama sponsored with Kit Bond (R-MO) an amendment to the 2008 Defense Authorization Act adding safeguards for personality disorder military discharges, and calling for a review by the Government Accountability Office following reports that the procedure had been used inappropriately to reduce government costs. He sponsored the "Iran Sanctions Enabling Act" supporting divestment of state pension funds from Iran's oil and gas industry and joined Chuck Hagel (R-NE) in introducing legislation to reduce risks of nuclear terrorism. A provision from the Obama-Hagel bill was passed by Congress in December 2007 as an amendment to the State-Foreign Operations appropriations bill. Obama also sponsored a Senate amendment to the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) to provide one year of job protection for family members caring for soldiers with combat-related injuries [ultimately vetoed by Bush—ed.]. (Gracias again to Wiki for the preceding two paragraphs.)
We therefore have a strong progressive who will provide an inspiring role model for youth who have taken an interest in politics and registering to vote. His meteoric career adds to his appeal to youth and to all of us. We need a president we can look up to and more than that we can be assured that, since there is nowhere higher to go than U.S. president, he will stay put and be able to accomplish even more than he has so far.
We can argue that our youth, as leaders of tomorrow, should have their candidate in the White House; they threaten to drop out of politics otherwise. He is clearly capable of promoting bipartisan cooperation, an indication that he truly will bring this county together.
It is of the utmost importance to convince those in favor of a Democratic president to come together now, as all three candidates are promising to bring the country together once they are elected. It is of the utmost importance to emphasize the strengths of both Obama and Clinton and and to aver that we will gladly support each one as president.
Please be aware that, as far as the accomplishments of each excellent candidate is concerned, I have merely touched the surface. There is far more evidence that each is well qualified to be the next president, the most powerful position in the world despite all the damage wrought by the present administration for the last eight years.
We might even give each of them the assignment of lauding each other on the campaign trail. Let us set an example that becomes a historical precedent. Consider that the Republicans already have only one candidate to support and thus the public has time to forget all the dirt thrown by his unsuccessful rivals for the nomination—those whom he defeated hands down in primary after primary. Let us unite now before it is too late, before Democratic dirt defeats both candidates. Let us put all mutual criticism well enough in the past to be forgotten by November.
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