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Subject: Kerry's 11 bills that became law - quite a record!

In the debates, President Bush said that John Kerry
had written only five bills that became law.

Senator Kerry said that 56 laws he had written
(or co-written) had passed.

President Bush was apparently wrong -
there seem to be 11 that became law.

Mr. Bush should correct the record and point out Kerry's willingness to tackle the difficult issues facing the Senate and America.

In fact, there were 56 that passed in the Senate,
but only 11 of them were actually passed by both
houses of Congress and signed by a President.

Here are the 11 bills ever passed with
John Kerry's name on them:

99th Congress:
A concurrent resolution expressing solidarity with the Sakharov family

100th Congress:
None

101st Congress:
A joint resolution designating a week in Oct 1989 as
"World Population Awareness week"

102nd Congress:
Another joint resolution designating a week in Oct 1991
as "World Population Awareness week"

A joint resolution designating Nov 13, 1992 as
"Vietnam Veterans Memorial 10th Anniversary Day"

A Joint resolution designating September 18, 1992
as "National POW/MIA recognition day"

A bill to authorize appropriations to carry out
the National Sea Grant College Program Act

103rd Congress:
A bill to re-designate a federal Building as the
"Frederick C. Murphy Federal Center"

A bill to authorize appropriations for the Marine
Mammal Protection act

104th Congress:
None

105th Congress:
None

106th Congress:
A bill to amend the Small Business Act with respect
to the Women's Business center program

107th Congress:
A bill to reauthorize the Small Business Technology
Transfer program

108th Congress:
A bill to award a congressional gold medal to
Jackie Robinson.

This is Senator Kerry's total record of achievement
in his 20 years in the U.S. Senate.