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United States · Politics / Democratic Party. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

5Records
1996–2007Date range
2Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1996

Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy1996

Politics / Democratic Party

Kennedy secures an increase in the minimum wage law, a favorite issue of his

2005

Barack Hussein Obama2005

Politics / Democratic Party

Obama introduces two initiatives bearing his name: Lugar-Obama, which expanded the Nunn-Lugar cooperative threat reduction concept to conventional weapons. Introduces the Coburn-Obama Transparency Act, which authorizes the establishment of USAspending.gov, a web search engine on federal spending. Cosponsors the Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act

2006

Barack Hussein Obama2006

Politics / Democratic Party

Bush signs into law the Democratic Republic of the Congo Relief, Security, and Democracy Promotion Act, marking the first federal legislation to be enacted with Obama as its primary sponsor.

2007

Barack Hussein ObamaSeptember 2007

Politics / Democratic Party

Obama and Senator Feingold introduce a corporate jet provision to the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act, which is signed into law

Barack Hussein Obama2007

Politics / Democratic Party

Obama and Senator Feingold introduce a corporate jet provision to the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act, which is signed into law. Obama introduces the Iraq War De-Escalation Act. Obama introduces the Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act, a bill to criminalize deceptive practices in federal elections

Names involved

Barack Hussein ObamaEdward Moore "Ted" Kennedy

Provenance

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