A Good Week for my Congressman, Hank Johnson

Hank Johnson is shaping up to be a legislator with some backbone.

I liked Cynthia McKinney's uncompromising positions and wasn't sure what to think about her opponent. McKinney had lost her effectiveness, though, and wasn't doing us much good.

Last week, according to his blog, Hank Johnson worked on or helped pass:

• the Ensuring Military Readiness through Stability and Predictability Deployment Policy Act of 2007. This bipartisan bill strengthens our military by mandating minimum periods of rest and recuperation for military service personnel between deployments. [...]
  
• the Children’s Health and Medicare Protection Act (CHAMP Act), which reauthorizes and expands the S-CHIP children’s health insurance program, including Georgia’s PeachCare. [...]
• The National Commission on Detainee Treatment Act of 2007 [...] This bill would commission a thorough review of our detainee treatment practices so Congress can craft an ethical and effective policy.
• the Ethics Reform bill [...]
  
• a bill I introduced in July with Sen. Russ Feingold, the Arbitration Fairness Act of 2007, which would protect consumers and employees against being forced into arbitration when their disputes deserve a jury trial. This week I attracted an additional four cosponsors for a total of twelve.

Here's Hank Johnson defending healthcare for Georgia's uninsured children. Go Hank!