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John Edwards is always exhorting Democrats to have more courage. To stand up for their convictions. Former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich recently came to Raleigh and challenged Edwards to debate his convictions.

“My challenge to your former senator,” Gingrich said, “Who is running around the country prattling about ending poverty is simple: Take on the teacher’s union…. I’d be delighted to come back down and have a dialogue with Senator Edwards about how to truly help the poor.” (The News and Observer, 6-29-06).

How does Edwards feel about debating his convictions?

No way, his spokeswoman said. She added: “People worried about feeding their children don’t need politicians shooting their mouths off at partisan political events who didn’t do anything significant about poverty when they had the chance.”

That’s the pot calling the kettle black.

Mr. Edwards has been shooting his mouth off about poverty at partisan political forums for two years. And who can remember Senator Edwards, during his six years in the Senate, sponsoring a single ‘significant’ bill about poverty?

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John Burns
# John Burns
Monday, July 24, 2006 3:23 PM
55. S.6 : A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to protect consumers in managed care plans and other health coverage.
Sponsor: Sen Daschle, Thomas A. [SD] (introduced 1/22/2001) Cosponsors (39)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 1/22/2001 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

58. S.30 : A bill to strengthen control by consumers over the use and disclosure of their personal financial and health information by financial institutions, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Sarbanes, Paul S. [MD] (introduced 1/22/2001) Cosponsors (7)
Committees: Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Latest Major Action: 1/22/2001 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

61. S.77 : A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Daschle, Thomas A. [SD] (introduced 1/22/2001) Cosponsors (32)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 1/22/2001 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

63. S.104 : A bill to require equitable coverage of prescription contraceptive drugs and devices, and contraceptive services under health plans.
Sponsor: Sen Snowe, Olympia J. [ME] (introduced 1/22/2001) Cosponsors (43)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 9/10/2001 Senate committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 107-391.

65. S.170 : A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to permit retired members of the Armed Forces who have a service-connected disability to receive both military retired pay by reason of their years of military service and disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs for their disability.
Sponsor: Sen Reid, Harry [NV] (introduced 1/24/2001) Cosponsors (82)
Committees: Senate Armed Services
Latest Major Action: 1/24/2001 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

68. S.277 : A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for an increase in the Federal minimum wage.
Sponsor: Sen Kennedy, Edward M. [MA] (introduced 2/7/2001) Cosponsors (36)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 2/7/2001 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

70. S.283 : A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue code of 1986 to protect consumers in managed care plans and other health coverage.
Sponsor: Sen McCain, John [AZ] (introduced 2/7/2001) Cosponsors (40)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 2/7/2001 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (PATIENT'S BILL OF RIGHTS)

71. S.284 : A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives to expand health care coverage for individuals.
Sponsor: Sen McCain, John [AZ] (introduced 2/7/2001) Cosponsors (33)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 2/7/2001 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

74. S.321 : A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage under the medicaid program for such children, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Grassley, Chuck [IA] (introduced 2/13/2001) Cosponsors (76)
Committees: Senate Finance
Senate Reports: 107-265
Latest Major Action: 9/9/2002 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 582.

81. S.501 : A bill to amend titles IV and XX of the Social Security Act to restore funding for the Social Services Block Grant, to restore the ability of States to transfer up to 10 percent of TANF funds to carry out activities under such block grant, and to require an annual report on such activities by the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Sponsor: Sen Graham, Bob [FL] (introduced 3/8/2001) Cosponsors (28)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 3/8/2001 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.


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82. S.543 : A bill to provide for equal coverage of mental health benefits with respect to health insurance coverage unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits.
Sponsor: Sen Domenici, Pete V. [NM] (introduced 3/15/2001) Cosponsors (66)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Senate Reports: 107-61
Latest Major Action: 9/6/2001 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 153.

I could put more on here. The rest are available here: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d107&querybd=@FIELD(FLD004+@4((@1(Sen+Edwards++John))+01573)):

Far be it from Mr. Wrenn to have done any research before sniping.
Jim Stegall
# Jim Stegall
Wednesday, July 26, 2006 9:30 PM
Far be it from Mr. Burns to stick to the point and offer relevant examples. None of the bills listed above address the root causes of poverty; most are old leftist chestnuts that simply require financially successful Americans to transfer some of the wealth they've created to less financially successful Americans. None of them require a single ounce of political courage to espouse. No wonder the prototypical empty suit of our age champions them all.
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