June 7, 2008 - 5:34pm
Sen. Mikulski endorses Obama
By Politicker Staff
Category: President, US SenateTags: Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Democratic National Convention, Barbara Mikulski, 2008 Democratic National Convention
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U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Baltimore) officially endorsed Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) this afternoon, pledging to cast her vote for him at this summer's Democratic National Convention following the concession speech of her first choice, Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY).
An ardent supporter whose early endorsement came over 13 months ago, Mikulski served as a national co-chair of the Clinton campaign.
"The respect and admiration I had for Hillary before this process has only increased," she said in a statement. "Today, I am equally proud to join Hillary in my enthusiastic endorsement of Barack Obama for President."
On Wedneday, Mikulski told PolitickerMD.com that she expects Democratic Party unity "within the next few weeks." Today she pledged to "lend my voice and energy to his campaign" long before she officially votes for him at the August convention.
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Obama's 20 year public record
Obama has a consistent 20 year public record fighting for the middle-class
'85-88 Blue-collar community organizer for black, whites AND hispanic communities
'91-92 Lead the biggest registration drive in Chicago history (150,000 new voters) ProjectVote!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Px1Ut433xPU
1993-2004 Senior Lecturer, Constitutional law,University of Chicago Law School.
'93-'95 Associate at Law Firm, employment discrimination cases
'96-'2003 Illinois Senate
*- 800+ bills sponsored in 8 years (240 passed) including healthcare reform for 150,000 blue-collar parents
www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2007/07/29/us/politics/20070730_OBAMA_GRAPHIC...
'04-Present US Senate: got real change started with by crossing the isle with Coburn, Lugar, Hagel, McCain
**the Coburn-Obama Government Transparency Act of 2006 (became law),
**The Lugar-Obama Nuclear Non-proliferation and Conventional Weapons Threat Reduction Act, (became law),
**The Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act, passed the Senate,
**The 2007 Government Ethics Bill, (became law),
**The Protection Against Excessive Executive Compensation Bill, (In committee), and many more.
** Honest Leadership and Open Govt. Act (became law)
** joined Chuck Hagel (R-NE) in introducing legislation to reduce risks of nuclear terrorism (partial passage)
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/04/obamas-outr...
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/2/20/201332/807/36/458633
*- Consistency on renewable energy/environment
** Jan. 12, 2007: Co-sponsorship with McCain/Lieberman - climate change bill to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by two-thirds by 2050
** Jan 17, 2008: Policy approaches to SF Chronicle
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** Feb 13, 2008 Wisconsin auto-workers, economy speech
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