As a Senator, Clinton sponsored three bills that became law:
The first of these renamed a highway in New York state, S.3145
the second renamed a post office in New York City, S.3613
and the third established the Kate Mullany National Historic Site in Troy, New York S.1241.
During Sanders’ time in the Senate, he sponsored two bills that became law:
The first of these renamed a post office in Vermont. S.885
The second increased compensation for disabled veterans and their families. S.893.
While Sanders chaired the Senate’s Veteran Affairs committee during the 113th Congress (2013-2014), 13 of the committee’s bills became law. That may not sound like a lot until you realize that the Senate Veterans Affairs (VA) committee only passed 8.5 bills into law on average during each of the past 20 Congresses and that these 13 bills became law during the second least productive Congress in American history.
Sanders’ most significant achievement during 113th Congress was passing a $16.3 billion bipartisan VA reform bill that expanded existing and created new health care facilities, allowed veterans to go outside the VA system to private health care providers when wait times are too long or if a veteran lives more than 40 miles away from a VA facility, and made it easier to fire VA officials.
Sanders was so effective as a legislator that the (right-wing) Veterans of Foreign Wars awarded him its highest honor in 2015.
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