The article includes a nifty chart summarizing the over 800 bills he sponsored during his eight years as an Illinois legislator, including measures to extend health care, fight poverty, and protect civil rights for minorities including gays and lesbians. Not every bill passed, but colleagues in the legislature with him are quoted praising his ability to work across the aisle and find compromises, such as with the campaign finance law and for a measure against racial profiling by police [that] had been “repeatedly blocked” by law enforcement groups while “the Republicans were in control”.
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What does it mean in IL when you sponsor a bill? By “sponsor”, should we read “authored” or “shepherded”? Or is it more like “signed on to”? It would be interesting to be able to actually read the stuff he’s authored. Anyone know if these’s a clickable list like that? How about for the other candidates?