Records show no bills or amendments by 25 senators in January
By: Mark Tapscott
Editorial Page Editor
02/02/09 3:33 PM EST
Legislative records for January 2009 show not a single bill or amendment to a bill introduced in the Senate by these senators:
* Mark Begich, D-AK
* Michael Bennett, D-CO
* Robert Bennett, R-UT
* Joseph Biden, D-DE
* Richard Burr, R-NC
* Roland Burris, D-IL
* Robert Byrd, D-WVA
* Tom Carper, D-DE
* Susan Collins, R-ME
* Bob Corker, R-TN
* Mike Crapo, R-ID
* Kay Hagan, D-NC
* Mike Johanns, R-NE
* Ed Caufman, D-DE
* Mary Landrieu,D-LA
* Jeff Merkley, D-OR
* Mark Pryor, D-AR
* Jack Reed, D-RI
* James Risch, R-RI
* Jeff Sessions, R-AL
* Richard Shelby, R-AL
* Tom Udall, D-NM
* Mark Warner, D-VA
Some, like Colorado's Michael Bennet, were only recently appointed and had no prior legislative experience. Others, like Nebraska's Mike Johanns, was just elected in November. And still others, like Mark Warner of Virginia and Tom Udall of New Mexico, have extensive experience in government. Warner was governor of Virginia and Udall was a congressman. Is it taking them that long to find the key to the Senate men's room?
Then there a bunch of these folks who are Senate veterans, like Jeff Sessions and Richard Shelby of Alabama, Mark Pryor of Arkansas, and Susan Collins of Maine. In their defense, Sessions and Shelby can certainly point to their very visible and active roles as public spokesmen for opposition to further TARP bailout funding and automakers bailout.
But it's hard not to think that for more than a few of these senators, their constituents might be forgiven for wondering what they were doing throughout the month of January if not preparing and introducing legislation.
This information was gleaned from the official Senate records, which are sometimes updated, so there is a chance one or more of these senators has actually introduced at least one piece of legislation or amendment.
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