Hillary Clinton

Hillary Clinton was an interesting subject because of the pseudo-offices she has held as first lady of Arkansas and of the nation. While they are not elected positions, as I did my research I realized that there was much she did within those roles that bore mentioning. So while she doesn't get any credit for anything her husband did in his capacity, I did choose to highlight the things she was able to do from her position.

I also had to analyze her senate record. In my quest to show you exactly what the senators supported while they were in office, I only had to deal with a few hundred bills each time. This was because John Edwards did not sponsor many bills, John McCain did not sponsor many for the poor, and Barack Obama has only had a little over two years to work at his breakneck pace. So how was profiling Hillary, who's had over six years in the senate sponsoring bills at Obama's pace and cosponsoring 600-700 more on top of that every Congress? Looking at 2,600 bills this week has not been fun.

That aside, Clinton's prominence over the last 15 years made her the easiest candidate to get a complete picture of. So here's what I found:

What does Hillary Clinton think about helping the poor?

Political History

Hillary Clinton was First Lady of Arkansas from 1979-1981 and 1983-1993, First Lady of the United States from 1993-2000, and the Senator representing New York from 2001 until now.

First Lady of Arkansas: 1979-1981, 1983-1993.

• Clinton chaired the Arkansas Educational Standards Committee, co-founded the Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families, and served on the boards of the Arkansas Children's Hospital, Legal Services, the Children's Defense Fund, and Wal-Mart.¹
• In 1985, Clinton directed the establishment of the Home Instruction Program for Pre-School Youngsters (HIPPY), a program directed at boosting low-income children².

First Lady of the United States: 1993-2000.

• In 1993, headed the president's Task Force on Health Care reform. She put together a proposal on universal health care that was seen as too complicated by some and/or "socialist" by others and eventually abandoned by democratic leadership in the House and Senate.
• In 1997, initiated the Children's Health Insurance Program, which facilitated states to provide health insurance for low-income children.
• Initiated the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997, stating that it provided her with the "greatest satisfaction" of her time as First Lady.^{3 4} Also supported and pushed the Foster Care Independence Bill, an effort to help foster children transition to adulthood.⁵
• Helped create Vital Voices, was an active supporter of the US Agency for International Development, and helped create the Office on Violence Against Women, strongly pushing for international women's rights in all three efforts.⁶
• Supported the 1996 welfare reform bill signed by Bill Clinton⁷, although some sources cite initial misgivings over certain parts⁸.

107^th Congress: 2001-2002

• Sponsored bills to expand the number of low middle income children eligible for health care assistance⁹, provide resources for children who lose parents in the event of a disaster¹⁰, extend unemployment benefits for those affected by 9/11¹¹, providing assistance for people who become disabled in foreign countries¹², improve services for youths in foster care programs¹³, extend and expand unemployment benefits¹⁴, and increase benefits for blind veterans¹⁵. The bill extending unemployment benefits for 9/11 victims became law.
• Also sponsored an amendment to require a study on the effect of dilapidated school buildings on children¹⁶ and providing funding to assist children suffering in disasters/crises¹⁷. The amendments passed the senate.
• Cosponsored resolutions to call for a fight against drugs and crime in public housing¹⁸, state that all workers deserve fair and safe working conditions¹⁹, call on the US to combat the global AIDS pandemic²⁰ and to reaffirm a stand against genocide²¹. None of the resolutions passed.
• Also cosponsored bills to increase the minimum wage^{22 23 24}, increase the availability and affordability of early learning²⁵, improve preventive health care for women²⁶, give incentives to employers to expand health care²⁷, extend health care to the families of covered children^{28 29}, increase funding for low-income energy assistance^{30 31}, promote economic recovery in Zimbabwe³², facilitate the funding of social services³³, give American Indian children equal access to adoption and foster care³⁴, allow states to extend health insurance to certain immigrants³⁵, improve nutrition assistance for families and the elderly^{36 37}, create programs and campaigns to promote fatherhood and strong families³⁸, support broad community youth programs^{39 40}, create an international food assistance program for schools⁴¹, provide assistance for communities hurt by trade⁴², fight AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis in developing countries^{43 44}, extend the development of affordable housing⁴⁵, provide economic assistance to victims of domestic and sexual violence⁴⁶, provide education and health care assistance to Afghan women⁴⁷, forgive loans for the spouses of 9/11 victims⁴⁸, increase accessibility of enrollment in MediCare and MediCal^{49 50}, promote charitable giving⁵¹, increase the number of areas designated "renewal communities"^{52 53}, provide additional housing assistance⁵⁴, improve health care for pregnant women⁵⁵, reauthorize TANF⁵⁶, reauthorize specific homeless assistance⁵⁷, prioritize health care provision for low-income veterans⁵⁸, increase unemployment compensation^{59 60} and increase microenterprise assistance in developing countries⁶¹. The bills providing assistance to Zimbabwe and Afghanistan became law.
• Also cosponsored amendments to increase low-income energy assistance⁶², create a prescription drug benefit⁶³, extend TANF funding⁶⁴ and increase mental health benefits in health care plans⁶⁵. The amendments increasing low-income energy assistance, extending TANF, and increasing mental health benefits passed the Senate.

108^th Congress: 2003-2004

• Sponsored a resolution to express a need to expand support for children whose parents have died⁶⁶. The resolution did not pass the Senate.
• Also sponsored bills to authorize microcredit and housing assistance in Kosovo⁶⁷, fund job training and language acquisition programs⁶⁸, provide a national information service for social services⁶⁹, improve mental health services for older adults⁷⁰, fund economic development in low-income communities^{71 72}, provide aid to related foster-care providers⁷³ and provide education aid in developing countries⁷⁴. None of them became law.
• Also sponsored amendments to improve women's health⁷⁵ and provide funds to address disparities in minority health⁷⁶. The amendment addressing minority health disparities was agreed to in the Senate.
• Cosponsored resolutions directing Congress to create comprehensive health care legislation⁷⁷, declaring genocide in Darfur⁷⁸, speaking out against genocide⁷⁹ and condemning human trafficking and slavery⁸⁰. None of the resolutions passed.
• Also cosponsored bills to expand and improve health care coverage^{81 82 83 84 85 86 87}, expand an array of early child development programs^{88 89}, increase the minimum wage^{90 91}, extend unemployment aid^{92 93 94 95}, increase support for veteran's health care⁹⁶, extend child care for welfare recipients⁹⁷, promote justice for seniors⁹⁸, provide housing assistance for intergenerational families⁹⁹, expand renewal communities¹⁰⁰, address health care disparities^{101 102}, improve food assistance to seniors¹⁰³, increase mental health coverage¹⁰⁴, provide assistance to disabled individuals in foreign countries¹⁰⁵, provide grants for transitional job programs^{106 107}, promote the adoption of special-needs children¹⁰⁸, protect families affected by worldwide conflict¹⁰⁹, prioritize health care for low-income veterans¹¹⁰, provide disadvantaged children with dental services¹¹¹, expand volunteer opportunities for youths¹¹², increase development of affordable housing¹¹³, provide mentoring for children in foster care¹¹⁴, protect overtime compensation¹¹⁵, improve access to services for disabled homeless and foster children¹¹⁶, improve working conditions for migrant laborers¹¹⁷, extend adoption incentives¹¹⁸, provide support to families with severely emotionally disturbed children¹¹⁹, reduce complications and mortality resulting from premature birth¹²⁰, extend government programs to help the poor¹²¹, expand trade benefits to African countries^{122 123}, extend SSI benefits for refugees and asylum-seekers¹²⁴ and improve microenterprise programs¹²⁵. One of the bills extending unemployment compensation and different forms of one of the African trade benefits bills and the microenterprise bill became law.
• Also cosponsored amendments to increase low-income energy assistance^{126 127}, extend unemployment assistance^{128 129 130 131 132 133}, increase global AIDS funding^{134 135 136 137}, provide a prescription drug benefit¹³⁸, provide a tax credit for long-term care¹³⁹, state that nutrition aid should not be reduced¹⁴⁰, increase medical aid for veterans of current wars¹⁴¹, guarantee MediCare to all who qualify every year¹⁴², increase education aid for the disadvantaged¹⁴³, protect overtime compensation¹⁴⁴, increase funds for Head Start¹⁴⁵, express the need for all low-income housing vouchers to be utilized¹⁴⁶, expand Pell Grants¹⁴⁷, provide additional funding for childcare¹⁴⁸ and provide assistance to help those in Darfur and Chad¹⁴⁹. The amendments providing low-income energy assistance, increasing AIDS funding, stating that nutrition aid should not be reduced, protecting overtime compensation, providing additional childcare funding, and one amendment extending unemployment compensation were passed in the Senate.

109^th Congress: 2005-2006

• Sponsored a resolution to express the need to prevent child abuse and provide stable foster care¹⁵⁰. The resolution did not pass.
• Also sponsored bills to create a national infoline for social services¹⁵¹, provide more assistance for relatives caring for foster kids¹⁵², provide mental health services for seniors¹⁵³, give incentives for housing assistance¹⁵⁴, establish a congressional commission to investigate the response to Katrina¹⁵⁵, extend the child tax credit to Puerto Ricans¹⁵⁶, improve MediCare and MediCaid¹⁵⁷, help seniors get long-term care¹⁵⁸, increase the minimum wage¹⁵⁹ and assist education in developing countries¹⁶⁰ None of the bills became law.
• Also sponsored amendments to establish a commission to investigate the response to Katrina¹⁶¹ and create a national infoline for social services¹⁶². Neither amendment passed the Senate.
• Cosponsored resolutions to assess the possibility of a no-fly zone in Sudan¹⁶³, call for universal health insurance¹⁶⁴, express the importance of MediCaid^{165 166}, promote adoption¹⁶⁷, urge a commitment to earthquake victims in South Asia¹⁶⁸, call for immediate steps to help Darfur¹⁶⁹, support peace in Uganda¹⁷⁰ and urge the Sudanese government to accept peacekeeping terms¹⁷¹. The resolutions promoting adoption, calling for immediate steps in Darfur and urging the Sudanese to accept peacekeeping terms, and supporting peace in Uganda passed the Senate.
• Also cosponsored bills to improve health care for veterans^{172 173 174}, increase the minimum wage and protect wage laws^{175 176 177}, improve Medicare^{178 179 180}, extend Medicaid to the families of disabled children and low-income AIDS patients^{181 182}, improve work conditions for migrant laborers¹⁸³, support families of severely emotionally disabled children¹⁸⁴, extend SSI to refugees and asylum-seekers¹⁸⁵, improve long-term care for Medicaid patients^{186 187}, improve education for at-risk students¹⁸⁸, provide additional assistance to premature births¹⁸⁹, provide support services for the homeless^{190 191}, provide paid sick leave for all families¹⁹², reduce hunger in America¹⁹³, assist banks in developing countries¹⁹⁴, improve mental health provision under Medicaid¹⁹⁵, extend services for homeless veterans¹⁹⁶, provide mentoring for children in foster care¹⁹⁷, promote peace in Sudan^{198 198a}, improve health care for minorities¹⁹⁹, provide relief to Katrina victims^{200 201}, establish an office in charge of Katrina relief²⁰², improve health care for Katrina victims²⁰³, reconstruct the Gulf Coast^{204 205}, protecting communities (especially disadvantaged ones) affected by environmental health issues^{206 207}, setting foreign policy goals and providing aid to Congo²⁰⁸, increase coal mine safety²⁰⁹, provide for low-income energy assistance²¹⁰, make drugs affordable to Medicare recipients²¹¹, provide international aid for tuberculosis treatment²¹², improve nutrition for low-income children²¹³, improve newborn care²¹⁴, provide development assistance in the Appalachians²¹⁵, provide assistance to combat AIDS in youth²¹⁶ and extend kindergarten for low-income families²¹⁷. The bills providing additional assistance for premature births, providing aid to Congo, promoting peace in Sudan, and providing low-income energy assistance became law.
• Also cosponsored amendments to increase the minimum wage^{218 219 220}, increase funding for veteran's medical care²²¹, impose sanctions against those perpetuating crimes in Darfur²²², provide legal services for those affected by Katrina²²³, provide emergency funds, health care, and educational assistance for those affected by Katrina^{224 225 226}, provide low-income energy assistance^{227 228 229}, improve Pell Grants and other student aid^{230 231}, prevent high school dropouts²³², increase funding for Head Start²³³, provide funds to improve Hispanic education²³⁴, add additional Title 1 funding²³⁵, provide Medicaid assistance for low-income HIV patients²³⁶, contribute additional money to the Global Fund²³⁷, increase disaster assistance²³⁸. The amendments sanctioning and promoting peace in Sudan, providing legal services for Katrina victims, preventing dropouts, improving Hispanic education, contributing extra to the Global Fund, and one amendment increasing low-income energy funds passed the Senate.

110^th Congress: 2007-present

The 110th Congress only started a few months ago. So far, Hillary Clinton has:
• Sponsored bills to establish a national infoline for social services²³⁹ and provide benefits for relatives who care for foster children²⁴⁰.
• Also cosponsored bills to increase the minimum wage²⁴¹, increase student aid²⁴², improve the work situation of migrant laborers²⁴³, extend development in the Appalachians²⁴⁴, improve coverage for mental health benefits²⁴⁵ and improve the care of newborns²⁴⁶.

Statements About the Poor

"It is time for us to say here in Beijing, and the world to hear, that it is no longer acceptable to discuss women's rights as separate from human rights. It is a violation of human rights when babies are denied food, or drowned, or suffocated, or their spines broken, simply because they are born girls, or when women and girls are sold into slavery or prostitution for human greed. It is a violation of human rights when women are doused with gasoline, set on fire and burned to death because their marriage dowries are deemed too small, or when thousands of women are raped in their own communities and when thousands of women are subjected to rape as a tactic or prize of war."²⁴⁷

"People can talk all they want about how they want to be part of ending poverty, but if they don't see with their own eyes and hear with their own ears the stories of millions of Americans and their children who are not able to be lifted out of poverty, because the minimum wage doesn't pay enough. Don't let people get away with nice words."²⁴⁸

"This entire legislative season has been about the misplaced priorities of the White House and the Republican Majority in Congress who are unable or unwilling to recognize the realities facing America’s families. Washington Republicans seem oblivious to the fact that 1.1 million more Americans fell into poverty last year, for a total of 37 million of our fellow citizens, including 13 million children. In New York City, one in five residents lives below the poverty line. They have turned a blind eye to the fact that 45 million Americans are without health insurance, including almost three million New Yorkers. They have ignored the devastating effects of the job losses that workers at GM, Ford, and Delphi face. And our huge and growing national debt, now $8.1 trillion, threatens the future of our children.
The Republican budget lays bare the priorities of Washington Republicans: loopholes for oil companies instead of student loans for middle-class families. Irresponsible tax breaks instead of affordable health care for the working poor. Now, these are choices that would even give Ebenezer Scrooge pause, choices that not only ignore the challenges facing American families but make those challenges more difficult to overcome."²⁴⁹

"You know, I’ve spent many years working on behalf of children in foster care. They are probably the most vulnerable of all of our children. The poorest of the poor, abused, neglected—children who get taken away from their families because their families are unable or unwilling to care for them. And when they're taken away by the police or by a court or social worker, maybe they're turned in by a neighbor or relative, they become our children. They become the responsibility of every single one of us. And we have to work very hard to try to get them reunited with families, to try to find a relative who will love and care for them. And absent that, try to make sure they're safe and secure in foster care while hopefully we try to find a permanent, loving family for them. It's going to be a lot harder because the Republicans are choosing corporate tax breaks instead of foster care. They're going to slash $600 million from foster care support.
You know, I grew up loving the Christmas season. You know, telling the story over and over again about how Mary and Joseph found themselves with no place to stay and how Jesus was born in the manger. And you know, many people say, look, ‘They were really shut out, left behind.’ Well, we're shutting out and leaving behind a lot of our children with these budget decisions. It's wrong."²⁵⁰

"Extending unemployment insurance would put money into the hands of the very people who will turn right around and put it back into our economy. In 1999, the Department of Labor found that when unemployment insurance is extended, every dollar in benefits generates $2.15 in gross domestic product. Giving more purchasing power to the more than 8 million Americans who are currently unemployed would be a powerful stimulus for our economy." ²⁵¹

"You know, we find it in our scriptures when we ask, what are we to do? You know the answer, do justice, love mercy, walk humbly with your God. We find it in our Constitution, we find it in our laws. Two months before he died, Dr. Martin Luther King gave a speech at Ebenezer Baptist church in Atlanta. And he talked about how when the roll was called up yonder he wanted to answer and say, I was a drum major for justice. He may no longer be with us, and others who led the march toward justice may be gone, but we have all of you. We have a great band. We have legions who will be drum majors for justice. And so when that role is called, ACORN can answer, we were drum majors for justice, we looked out for the vulnerable, we worked to give people fair pay for the work they did, we took in the stranger, we tried to fulfill the responsibilities as Americans we were called to meet."²⁵²

"Let me be absolutely clear. Breaking up families that are homeless is wrong. Criminalizing the homeless with mass arrests for those whose only offense is that they have no home is wrong. Locking people up for a day will not take a single homeless person off the streets."²⁵³

"Although it is called microcredit, this is a big idea with vast potential whether we are talking about a rural area in South Asia or the inner city. It's an invaluable tool in alleviating poverty, promoting self-sufficiency and stimulating the economy. Microcredit projects can create a ripple effect- not only in lifting individuals out of poverty and moving mothers from welfare to work, but in creating jobs, promoting businesses and building capital in depressed areas."²⁵⁴

"In East Timor in 1999, when a U.N. peacekeeping force would have taken months to assemble, the Security Council authorized an Australian-led multi-lateral force to go to East Timor. 96 hours later they were in Dili, and the massacre of innocent Timorese stopped immediately, never to resume. These are real success stories, to be balanced against the tragic failures in Rwanda, early Bosnia, and up to now, the inadequate response in Darfur.
What can we learn from this decade of successes and failures? For me, the first lesson is the U.N. Security Council must meet its obligations. It did not do so, for example, in Rwanda."²⁵⁵

Private Life

• Has net worth of between $10 million and $50 million. Most came in last decade from Bill Clinton’s speeches and from their books. Between 2001 and 2005, the Clintons put $5.16 million to a private foundation that Hillary runs. The foundation has so far given away $1.25 million of that money, mostly to colleges they attended, landmarks in their home state, their church, and tsunami relief in Asia.
• During her second year in law school, Hillary Clinton volunteered at Yale's Child Study Center, learning about new research on early childhood brain development, as well as New Haven Hospital, where she took on cases of child abuse, and the city Legal Services, where she provided free legal service to the poor.²⁵⁶
• After graduating from college, served as an attorney at the Children’s Defense Fund. Continued pro bono work in child advocacy when she moved on to Rose Law Firm.
• Co-wrote Witness to Genocide: The Children of Rwanda: Drawings by Child Survivors of the Rwandan Genocide of 1994.
• Clinton’s husband, Bill, founded the William J. Clinton foundation to address world health, economic improvement, leadership development, and racial reconciliation. He also took on a position as president for a few years back in the '90s.

Anyone get through that? I'll admit that trying to read and record thousands of bills took a lot of time, and a result there are probably more omissions and summarizations in her bill record than anyone else's. But trust me, I'm sure I got over 90% of them, and all the important ones are there. Of course, as always if you know of anything I left out that's important, please post it. Or if you've picked up any sort of ideological bias in any of this, offer a counter. I want the full picture to be out there of each candidate, so we can form the best opinions possible. Does Hillary Clinton hear the cry of the poor?


^[1]Biography of Hillary Clinton, www.whitehouse.gov
^[2]Hillary Rodham Clinton Biography, www.notablebiographies.com
^[3]Adoption and Safe Families Act
^[4]First Lady Biography: Hillary Clinton, www.firstladies.org
^[5]Foster Care Independence Act
^[6]First Lady Biography: Hillary Clinton, www.firstladies.org
^[7]"Is Sharpton Protecting Hillary?", The Village Voice, May 24, 2000.
^[8]First Lady Biography: Hillary Clinton, www.firstladies.org
^[9]SCHIP Enhancement Act of 2001
^[10]To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act...
^[11]To extend the period of availability of unemployment assistance...
^[12]International Disability and Victims of Landmines, Civil Strife and Warfare Assistance Act of 2001
^[13]Opportunity Passport Act of 2002
^[14]To extend and expand the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002
^[15]To amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to provide that annuities paid by States...
^[16]Senate Amendment 516
^[17]Senate Amendment 2066
^[18]Expressing the sense of Congress that reducing crime in public housing should be a priority...
^[19]Expressing the sense of the Congress that all workers deserve fair treatment and safe working conditions...
^[20]Whereas the international AIDS pandemic is of grave proportions and is growing;
^[21]Whereas the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide confirms...
^[22]Enhancing Economic Security for America's Working Families Act
^[23]Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2001
^[24]Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2002
^[25]Right Start Act of 2001
^[26]WISEWOMAN Expansion Act of 2001
^[27]Bipartisan Patient Protection Act of 2001--Part II
^[28]Dylan Lee James Act
^[29]FamilyCare Act of 2001
^[30]Energy Emergency Response Act of 2001
^[31]Low-Income Energy Assistance Reinvestment Act
^[32]Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act of 2001
^[33]Social Services Block Grant Restoration Act of 2001
^[34]Indian and Alaska Native Foster Care and Adoption Services Amendments of 2001
^[35]Immigrant Children's Health Improvement Act of 2001
^[36]Nutrition Assistance for Working Families and Seniors Act of 2001
^[37]Senior Nutrition Act of 2002
^[38]Strengthening Working Families Act of 2001
^[39]Younger Americans Act
^[40]School Service Act of 2002
^[41]George McGovern-Robert Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Act of 2001
^[42]Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers, Farmers, Communities, and Firms Act of 2001
^[43]GLIDER Act
^[44]International AIDS Treatment and Prevention Act of 2002
^[45]National Affordable Housing Trust Fund Act of 2001
^[46]Victims' Economic Security and Safety Act
^[47]Afghan Women and Children Relief Act of 2001
^[48]September 11 Surviving Spouse Student Loan Relief Act
^[49]Medicare+Choice Consumer Protection Act of 2001
^[50]To temporarily increase the Federal medical assistance percentage for the medicaid program.
^[51]CARE Act of 2002
^[52]To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for additional designations of renewal communities.
^[53]To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow for the expansion of areas...
^[54]Welfare Reform and Housing Act
^[55]SMART Mom Act
^[56]Work and Family Act of 2002
^[57]Community Partnership to End Homelessness Act of 2002
^[58]To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs...
^[59]Economic Security Act of 2002
^[60]Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002
^[61]To amend the Microenterprise for Self-Reliance Act of 2000 and the Foreign Assistance Act...
^[62]Senate Amendment 28
^[63]Senate Amendment 172
^[64]Senate Amendment 317
^[65]Senate Amendment 2020
^[66]Expressing the Sense of the Senate that Congress should expand the supports...
^[67]Kosovar-American Enterprise Fund Act of 2003
^[68]Access to Employment and English Acquisition Act of 2003
^[69]Calling for 2-1-1 Act of 2003
^[70]Positive Aging Act of 2004
^[71]To establish a grant program to support cluster-based economic development efforts.
^[72]To establish a grant program to support broadband-based economic development efforts.
^[73]Kinship Caregiver Support Act
^[74]Education for All Act of 2004
^[75]Senate Amendment 652
^[76]Senate Amendment 2780
^[77]Whereas the United States has the most expensive health care system in the world...
^[78]Whereas Article 1 of the 1948 United Nations Convention on the Prevention...
^[79]Whereas in 1948, in the shadow of the Holocaust, the international community...
^[80]Whereas it has been nearly 2 centuries since the abolition of the transatlantic...
^[81]Health Care Coverage Expansion and Quality Improvement Act of 2003
^[82]To temporarily increase the Federal medical assistance percentage for the medicaid program.
^[83]Dylan Lee James Act
^[84]Medicare Safety Net Access Act of 2003
^[85]Immigrant Children's Health Improvement Act of 2003
^[86]Early Treatment for HIV Act of 2003
^[87]Start Healthy, Stay Healthy Act of 2003
^[88]Right Start Act of 2003
^[89]Head Start Coordination and School Readiness Act
^[90]Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2003
^[91]Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2004
^[92]A bill to provide for a 5-month extension of the Temporary Extended Unemployment...
^[93]Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 2003
^[94]Economic Security Act of 2003
^[95]Unemployment Compensation Extension Act
^[96]Veterans Health Care Funding Guarantee Act of 2003
^[97]Children First Act of 2003
^[98]Elder Justice Act
^[99]LEGACY Act of 2003
^[100]To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow for the expansion...
^[101]Patient Navigator, Outreach, and Chronic Disease Prevention Act of 2003
^[102]Healthcare Equality and Accountability Act
^[103]Senior Nutrition Act of 2003
^[104]Senator Paul Wellstone Mental Health Equitable Treatment Act of 2003
^[105]International Disability and Victims of Warfare and Civil Strife Assistance Act of 2003
^[106]Business Links Act of 2003
^[107]Trade Adjustment Assistance Equity for Service Workers Act of 2004
^[108]Adoption Equality Act of 2003
^[109]Women and Children in Conflict Protection Act of 2003
^[110]To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs...
^[111]Children's Dental Health Improvement Act of 2003
^[112]School Service Act of 2003
^[113]National Affordable Housing Trust Fund Act of 2003
^[114]Foster Care Mentoring Act of 2003
^[115]Overtime Compensation Protection Act of 2003
^[116]Improving Education for Homeless and Foster Children with Disabilities Act of 2003
^[117]Agricultural Job Opportunity, Benefits, and Security Act of 2003
^[118]Adoption Promotion Act of 2003
^[119]Keeping Families Together Act
^[120]PREEMIE Act
^[121]Poverty Reduction and Prevention Act
^[122]United States-Africa Partnership Act of 2003
^[123]AGOA Acceleration Act of 2004
^[124]SSI Extension for Elderly and Disabled Refugees Act
^[125]Microenterprise Results and Accountability Act of 2004
^[126]Senate Amendment 27
^[127]Senate Amendment 1595
^[128]Senate Amendment 40
^[129]Senate Amendment 315
^[130]Senate Amendment 544
^[131]Senate Amendment 832
^[132]Senate Amendment 1170
^[133]Senate Amendment 2617
^[134]Senate Amendment 127
^[135]Senate Amendment 1174
^[136]Senate Amendment 1283
^[137]Senate Amendment 1966
^[138]Senate Amendment 294
^[139]Senate Amendment 349
^[140]Senate Amendment 407
^[141]Senate Amendment 459
^[142]Senate Amendment 931
^[143]Senate Amendment 1543
^[144]Senate Amendment 1580
^[145]Senate Amendment 1597
^[146]Senate Amendment 2183
^[147]Senate Amendment 2725
^[148]Senate Amendment 2937
^[149]Senate Amendment 3493
^[150]Senate Resolution 566
^[151]Calling for 2-1-1 Act of 2005
^[152]Kinship Caregiver Support Act
^[153]Positive Aging Act of 2005
^[154]Housing America's Workforce Act
^[155]To establish a congressional commission to examine the Federal...
^[156]To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make residents of Puerto Rico...
^[157]Patients Before Profits Act of 2006
^[158]Community-Based Choices for Older Americans Act of 2006
^[159]Standing with Minimum Wage Earners Act of 2006
^[160]Education for All Act of 2006
^[161]Senate Amendment 1660
^[162]Senate Amendment 4072
^[163]Calling on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to assess the potential effectiveness...
^[164]To express the sense of Congress concerning the provision of health insurance coverage to all Americans.
^[165]Expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the importance of Medicaid...
^[166]To express the sense of the Senate regarding the impact of medicaid...
^[167]To express support for the goals of National Adoption Month...
^[168]Commending relief efforts in response to the earthquake in South Asia...
^[169]Calling on the President to take immediate steps to help improve the security situation in Darfur...
^[170]Calling on the United States Government and the international community...
^[171]Whereas Congress declared on July 22, 2004 that the atrocities in Darfur...
^[172]Fulfilling Our Duty to America's Veterans Act of 2005
^[173]To appropriate $1,975,183,000 for medical care for veterans.
^[174]Veterans Long-Term Care Security Act of 2006
^[175]Fair Wage, Competition, and Investment Act of 2005
^[176]Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2005
^[177]Tax Relief and Minimum Wage Act of 2006
^[178]Meeting Our Responsibility to Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2005
^[179]Ending the Medicare Disability Waiting Period Act of 2005
^[180]Medicare Beneficiary Assistance Improvement Act
^[181]Dylan Lee James Act
^[182]Early Treatment for HIV Act of 2005
^[183]Agricultural Job Opportunities, Benefits, and Security Act of 2005
^[184]Keeping Families Together Act
^[185]SSI Extension for Elderly and Disabled Refugees Act
^[186]Money Follows the Person Act of 2005
^[187]Improving Long-Term Care Choices Act of 2005
^[188]GRAD Act
^[189]PREEMIE Act
^[190]Services for Ending Long-Term Homelessness Act
^[191]Community Partnership to End Homelessness Act of 2005
^[192]Healthy Families Act
^[193]Hunger-Free Communities Act of 2005
^[194]Development Bank Reform and Authorization Act of 2005
^[195]Medicare Mental Health Copayment Equity Act of 2005
^[196]SAVE Reauthorization Act of 2005
^[197]Foster Care Mentoring Act of 2005
^[198]Darfur Peace and Accountability Act of 2005
^[198a]Senate Amendment 4912
^[199]Healthcare Equality and Accountability Act
^[200]Katrina Emergency Relief Act of 2005
^[201]Hurricane Katrina Bankruptcy Relief and Community Protection Act of 2005
^[202]Oversight of Vital Emergency Recovery Spending Enhancement and Enforcement Act of 2005
^[203]Public Health and Health Insurance Emergency Response Act of 2005
^[204]Gulf Coast Infrastructure Redevelopment and Recovery Act of 2005
^[205]Hurricane Katrina Response Act
^[206]Healthy Communities Act of 2005
^[207]Healthy Places Act of 2006
^[208]Democratic Republic of the Congo Relief, Security, and Democracy Promotion Act of 2006
^[209]Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 2006
^[210]To make available funds included in the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 for the Low-Income...
^[211]Medicare-Guaranteed Prescription Drug Act of 2006
^[212]Stop Tuberculosis (TB) Now Act of 2006
^[213]Child Nutrition Promotion and School Lunch Protection Act of 2006
^[214]Appalachian Regional Development Act Amendments of 2006
^[216]HIV Prevention for Youth Act
^[217]Kindergarten Plus Act of 2006
^[218]Senate Amendment 44
^[219]Senate Amendment 2063
^[220]Senate Amendment 4322
^[221]Senate Amendment 149
^[222]Senate Amendment 517
^[223]Senate Amendment 1659
^[224]Senate Amendment 1661
^[225]Senate Amendment 2356
^[226]Senate Amendment 1706
^[227]Senate Amendment 2033
^[228]Senate Amendment 2194
^[229]Senate Amendment 3074
^[230]Senate Amendment 2213
^[231]Senate Amendment 3028
^[232]Senate Amendment 2219
^[233]Senate Amendment 2254
^[234]Senate Amendment 2262
^[235]Senate Amendment 2275
^[236]Senate Amendment 2390
^[237]Senate Amendment 3052
^[238]Senate Amendment 4600
^[239]Calling for 2-1-1 Act of 2007
^[240]Kinship Caregiver Support Act
^[241]Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007
^[242]College Opportunity Act of 2007
^[243]AgJOBS Act of 2007
^[244]Appalachian Regional Development Act Amendments of 2007
^[245]Mental Health Parity Act of 2007
^[246]Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2007
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^[248]"Hillary Clinton talks religion", cnn.com, June 29, 2006.
^[249]Remarks of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton on the Senate Floor About Misplaced Budget Priorities, Dec 14, 2005.
^[250]Remarks of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton on the Senate Floor About Misplaced Budget Priorities, Dec 14, 2005.
^[251]"Helping the Jobless", New York Times, Sept 20, 2002.
^[252]Remarks of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton at ACORN’s 2006 National Convention, July 10, 2006.
^[253]"Hillary Clinton Attacks Arrests of the Homeless", The New York Times, Dec 1, 1999.
^[254]"'Microcredit Summit' Gets Macro Attention In Capital", CNN News Briefs, Feb 3, 1997.
^[255]"Future Role of United Nations within the Framework of Global Security", World Security Network, Feb 13, 2005.
^[256]First Lady Biography: Hillary Clinton, www.firstladies.org.