I have now been able to find all 9 laws that Senator Kerry authored/sponsored and got passed into law in his 19 years in the US Senate. Unfortunately, this didn't shed any more light on this candidate. This just doesn't seem to have a lot to show for 19 years. There must have been a great amount of distraction from cocktail parties. The more I look for things he has done, the more he looks like a ghost senator.
Senator Kerry promises lots of wonderful things. I just can't seem to find anything he's actually done other than be a millionaire socialite all his life from Swiss boarding school to New England Prep School to Yale to law school and finally to the US Senate. Oh, I forget the war hero/war protester years.
But at least he does play ice hockey and I do understand that he is not George W Bush but, is there anything else?
Here are his 9 laws:
S.300 : A bill to award a congressional gold medal to Jackie Robinson (posthumously), in recognition of his many contributions to the Nation, and to express the sense of Congress that there should be a national day in recognition of Jackie Robinson.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 2/4/2003) Cosponsors: 69
Committees: Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Latest Major Action: 10/20/2003 Held at the desk.
Note: For further action, see H.R. 1900, which became Public Law 108-101 on 10/29/2003.
S.856 : A bill to reauthorize the Small Business Technology Transfer Program, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 5/9/2001) Cosponsors: 13
Committees: Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Latest Major Action: 9/14/2001 Held at the desk.
Note: For further action, see H.R. 1860, which became Public Law 107-50 on 10/15/2001.
S.1609 : A bill to amend the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study on the feasibility of designating the Metacomet-Monadnock-Mattabesett Trail extending through western Massachusetts and central Connecticut as a national historic trail.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 11/1/2001) Cosponsors: 3
Committees: Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Latest Major Action: 6/20/2002 Senate committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 107-819.
Note: For further action, see H.R. 1814, which became Public Law 107-338 on 12/16/2002.
S.791 : A bill to amend the Small Business Act with respect to the women's business center program.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 4/14/1999) Cosponsors: 30
Committees: Senate Small Business
Latest Major Action: 12/9/1999 Became Public Law No: 106-165.
S.1206 : A bill to redesignate the Federal building located at 380 Trapelo Road in Waltham, Massachusetts, as the "Frederick C. Murphy Federal Center".
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 7/1/1993) Cosponsors: 4
Committees: Senate Environment and Public Works; House Public Works and Transportation
Latest Major Action: 4/14/1994 Became Public Law No: 103-234.
S.1636 : A bill to authorize appropriations for the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 and to improve the program to reduce the incidental taking of marine mammals during the course of commercial fishing operations, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 11/8/1993) Cosponsors: 2
Committees: Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Latest Major Action: 4/30/1994 Became Public Law No: 103-238.
S.J.RES.318 : A joint resolution designating November 13, 1992, as "Vietnam Veterans Memorial 10th Anniversary Day".
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 6/18/1992) Cosponsors: 57
Committees: Senate Judiciary; House Post Office and Civil Service
Latest Major Action: 10/24/1992 Became Public Law No: 102-518.
13. S.J.RES.337 : A joint resolution designating September 18, 1992, as "National POW/MIA Recognition Day", and authorizing display of the National League of Families POW/MIA flag.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 9/15/1992) Cosponsors: 31
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 9/30/1992 Became Public Law No: 102-373.
S.1563 : A bill to authorize appropriations to carry out the National Sea Grant College Program Act, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 7/25/1991) Cosponsors: 13
Committees: Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation; Senate Labor and Human Resources; House Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Latest Major Action: 12/4/1991 Signed by President.