Christianconservative (that’s christianconservative.wordpress.com not blogspot.com) reports on legislation written by former U.S. Senator Fred Thompson during his term in the Senate.
Looks like Thompson wasn’t too busy when it comes to headlining a bill or writing amendments and the like – or maybe his ideas just weren’t that popular.
A scouring of he legislative website of the Library of Congress, from 1995 to 2002, when Mr. Thompson was in the Senate, yields a total of five bills that became law for which he was the head sponsor. A sixth passed the Senate and was replaced by an identical House bill that was eventually signed by the president.
The bills include the naming of a post office and courthouse in Cookeville, Tenn., a private bill that granted permanent residency status to a young Bolivian girl getting treatment for cancer and her family and several other minor pieces of legislation. A quick comparison with Senator John McCain, his rival for the Republican presidential nomination, for the same period turns up 17 bills that became law for which Mr. McCain was the lead sponsor.
If you look at all the bills, amendments or resolutions each sponsored the score is McCain 840, Thompson 167.
