“had never sponsored a bill in the US Senate”
well he did sponsor a resolution in the state senate:
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/summary/900SR0110.html
heh heh
Anyone have video of this interview?
Senator Barack Obama has been a key sponsor of Juneteenth legislation in the Senate and keynote speaker at the annual Juneteenth congressional reception.
Advocates say, Juneteenth is as deserving of recognition as Independence Day. “We may have gotten there in different ways and at different times,” says Meyers of blacks and whites, “but you can’t really celebrate freedom in America by just going with the Fourth of July.”
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1815936,00.html