Originally Posted by TheDoc

During the first (8) eight years of Obama's elected service he sponsored over 820 bills. He introduced:

233 regarding health care reform,
125 on poverty and public assistance,
112 crime fighting bills,
97 economic bills,
60 human rights and anti-discrimination bills,
21 ethics reform bills,
6 veteran?s affairs and many others.

His first year in the U.S. Senate, he authored 152 bills and co-sponsored another 427. These include:

**the Coburn-Obama Government Transparency Act of 2006 (became law)
**The Lugar-Obama Nuclear Non-proliferation and Conventional Weapons Threat Reduction Act(became law)
**The Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act(passed the Senate)
**The 2007 Government Ethics Bill(became law)
**The Protection Against Excessive Executive Compensation Bill(In
committee), and many more.