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PSM: the legislative accomplishments of Dick 'dick' Cheney

96th Congress: 4 sponsored; 0 became law

97th Congress: 4 sponsored: 0 became law

98th Congress: 8 sponsored: 0 became law

99th Congress: 7 sponsored: 1 became law: H.R.1246, a bill to establish a federally declared floodway for the Colorado River.

100th Congress: 7 sponsored: 1 became law: H.R.712, a bill for the relief of Lawrence Lunt.

101st Congress: 1 sponsored: 0 became law

Dick Cheney served in the Congress for 11 years. I served with him for most of these years. In that time, he only passed two bills. One was to build a flood plain on the Colorado River and the other was a bill to help a constituent. What’s even more telling about Dick Cheney’s record in the House is not what he supported but what he opposed – things like Headstart and funding for seniors. It seems pretty dishonest for Bush and Cheney to be attacking John Kerry - who passed 57 bills in the Senate – for his legislative accomplishments.

- Congressman John Spratt (D-SC).

- Seen over at Eschaton.


Pic by ntodd.