Biden Accomplishments In Senate

Ed brooke a massachusetts republican was the first black senator ever to be popularly elected.

Biden accomplishments in senate. In his 6 terms as a senator joe biden sponsored or co sponsored 348 pieces of legislation that became law. By 1975 both had compiled liberal voting. Theres the rub bidens boast is about his record of accomplishment and how it stands up against the rest of the democratic field not where he fits ideologically on the scale of democratic. He was elected to seven terms before he resigned on january 15 2009 five days before he became vice president of the united states during the presidency of barack obama.

The democratic party was a coalition of southern. Bidens often unaware of what day it is what state hes in and even what office hes campaigning for. The senate biden entered as a 30 year old in 1973 was still a bastion of bipartisan backslapping where compromise was not a dirty word. While perusing social media today i came across a post that claimed that joe biden jr who is currently running for president of the usa in 2020 has accomplished nothing in the past 50 years.

Just a few weeks after biden won his senate seat a tractor trailer carrying corncobs struck the familys station wagon as his wife and three children were driving home from picking up a christmas. Senator from delaware initially focussing on consumer protection environmental issues government accountability and arms control. Joe biden fast facts from cnn provide a look at the life of the former vice president and 2020 presidential candidate.