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143 days...That’s how many days the Senate was actually in session and working.

Ah! You assume he was there for all of them?

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Nice comparison to Lincoln, who had served one term in the House, in the Illinois State legislature, was a lawyer and was an outspoken critic of the Mexican American War.

Nice comparison to Lincoln,

Ha! Obama’s not even a Ford!

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The words that come to my mine to describe Obama;
most liberal senator in the Senate, scarey friends, a friend of domestic terrorists, inexperience and emtpy suit.

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"143 days...That’s how many days the Senate was actually in session and working”.

Does anyone have a URL that has more detailed (Official Government) information on this statistic on the total number of days B.Obama has spent in the Senate?

This is an incredible statement, and I need more verification on its validity.

Thank you.

Senator Obama was sworn in to his first Senate term on January 2005 and joined the 109th Congress.

The Senate is not always in session and it can be argued that only counting session days as ‘work days’ is a misrepresentation of service done by any Senator.

During this 109th Congress, the Senate met 109 times during 2005 and 109 times during 2006 for a total of 218 days in session.

Senator Obama announced his intent to form a panel to explore a Presidential bid on January 16, 2007. The Senate had been in session for 7 days.

Total days in session during this time period equals 225 days

So even if the author was only counting days in session for Obama (and, conveniently, not McCain), the numbers do not add up.

It is doubtful this mysterious number was based on roll-call votes.

Sen. McCain only had four Senators miss more votes in the 109th Congress (2005-2006). Sen. McCain missed 58 votes but, to his credit, did cast 587 votes. Sen. Obama? He missed 11 votes and cast 634 votes.