A widely forwarded e-mail claims that Obama's bills are more substantive and numerous than Clinton's. Don't believe it.
We find that the e-mail is false in almost every particular:
It sets up a face-off between apples and, well, broccoli, comparing only the Clinton-sponsored bills that became law with all bills sponsored or cosponsored by Obama, whether they were signed into law or not.
It includes legislation Obama sponsored in the Illinois state Senate, a very different legislative body.
It tells us that Obama has sponsored more legislation than Clinton, when in fact he has sponsored less.
It implies that Obama has passed more bills into law than Clinton, when the opposite is true.
Here's how FactCheck.org tallies the real breakdown of bills and resolutions sponsored by the candidates in the U.S. Senate.
We counted only bills for which Obama or Clinton was the sole, original sponsor.
The e-mail inflates Obama's numbers by counting his cosponsored bills,
clipped from: www.factcheck.org 