VladimirPee wrote:
Before we begin, let's consider some definitions of leadership and effectiveness in the Senate. Although there are many types of leadership in the Senate, I think we can all agree that sponsoring more bills that become law, all else being equal, is an indicator of influence and leadership. Likewise, I think we can also agree that having a higher percentage of one's bills become law, all else being equal, is an indicator of effectiveness.
As measured by these definitions, Hillary Clinton's leadership over her seven years in the Senate has been marginal, and her effectiveness over her Senate terms has been extremely poor. In fact, she has a remarkably poor track record at turning her sponsored legislation into law, to the extent that she's an outlier among her Democratic colleagues. Of 337 bills that Hillary has introduced, only 2 have become law. These numbers are always lower than you'd think -- it isn't easy to get a bill passed -- but Hillary's batting average is especially poor.
Let's take a look at some detail.
GovTrack.us, an award-winning, non-partisan source of information on our legislators, has compiled a number of statistics related to bill sponsorship in the House and Senate. These statistics go back to 1997, and include such things as the number of bills sponsored, the number of sponsored bills that go to committee, and the number of sponsored bills that are passed into law. For the remainder of this analysis, I will be focusing solely on current senate Democrats who have completed at least one full term (I'm including Joseph Lieberman here, but not Bernie Sanders). There are 3938 such Senators in all. (The reason I'm excluding Republicans, FWIW, is that it's much easier to have one's bills become law when one's party controls the chamber, as the Republicans have for most of the past ten years. Therefore, it isn't fair to any Democrat to compare their numbers to a Republican).
Hillary Clinton has introduced bills to the Senate at a blistering pace. She has sponsored 337 bills in her Senate tenure so far, or an average of 288.9 per term. This is the highest number of any of her Democratic cohorts
Unfortunately, very little of this legislation has moved. Of Hillary's 337 bills, only 46 have made it to the Committee stage, giving her a 13.6% batting average; the typical Democrat has a 17.4% batting average. In other words, Hillary Clinton has been relatively ineffective at getting her sponsored bills to Committee; she ranks 24 of the 39 Democrats in this department.
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Here's one of the blatant accomplishments of Hillary the corrupt ambitious human being.
Controversial Muslim cleric giving Clinton millions
December 16, 2015
The Clinton family and Hillary Clintons campaign are being accused of accepting millions of dollars from what at least one U.S. ally is calling a terrorist network.
The U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen is a longstanding ally of Hillary Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, and their cozy relationship has included dinners and speaking arrangements throughout the years.
He is suspected of controlling $25 billion in global assets and his followers have reportedly poured millions into the Clinton Foundation and Hillary Clintons p**********l campaign.
But now Gulen has been accused in a U.S. court of being the ringleader of an international terrorist network, and Turkey is calling on America to extradite Gulen.
A Turkish government-backed lawsuit has been filed against Gulen and alleges that the Muslim cleric orchestrated human rights abuses from his residence in Pennsylvania against three men in Turkey.
A lawyer hired by the Turkish government, Robert Amsterdam, provided a copy of the filing in the U.S. district court in Pennsylvania. The lawsuit labels Gulens movement, which many have compared to a cult, as a terrorist organization.
Most recently, the lawsuit alleges, Gulens followers participated in a plot that led to the false imprisonment of three men in Turkey.
The controversial Islamic clerics cozy relationship doesnt stop with the Clintons. In October, Gulens religious movement was accused of secretly funding up to 200 trips to Turkey for members of Congress and staff since 2008, and according to the USA Today report these trips may have repeatedly violated House rules and possibly federal law.
The lawsuit is part of a broad campaign against Gulens movement in Turkey and abroad. The government has carried out a purge of civil servants suspected of ties to the movement, seized businesses and closed some of Gulens suspected media organizations.
The suit alleges that Gulen targeted the three men because they were critical of his religious teachings, which critics say are almost cult-like.
Gulen continues to live within the U.S. borders carefree, residing in rural Pennsylvania and in regular contact with his Muslim followers.
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Wait and see Obama will pardon Gulen the crook once Barrack leaves post to go to the UN for the forever Mullah.
Clinton must be in jail!