Thanks for that list, and there is some good stuff on it like opposing the Iraq war and Patriot act.
That's good stuff, but not impressive. To me, all it does is make him trustworthy. Not that that isn't hugely significant for someone who is mistrusting of politics. But I'm trying to specifically address the narrative that he's inexperienced or inneffective.
But I'm not really impressed by things like "First socialist representative in 40 years"
I find things like this impressive, and very important in our current political climate. It shows that he's capable of motivating support for ideas that are politically unpopular, which is exactly what we need right now. And the more I read up on his political history, the more I see this as the most major theme of his career. Accounts of his mayorship of Burlington are all about this. How he broke down oppositions from powerful interests to protect people, and forced wealthy interests to compromise on developing in ways that benefitted everyone.
The president has the most power of anyone in politics to set the tone of the political atmosphere. He's the figurehead. And someone with a history of collecting power bases and motivating people who otherwise weren't politically motivated to make unpopular politics popular is exactly who I want as president.
He was in congress for 25 years, and only sponsored 3 successful bills. 1 of which was good (raising veteran's benefits) and 2 trivial renaming bills.
That's pretty close to what HRC did in only 8 years: 2 renaming bills and one establishing a historic site.
This ignores amendments to bills, where he was most successful. Like the one I highlighted that required corporations convicted of crimes to notify the victims of those crimes, who otherwise wouldn't know to collect restitutions available to them. And even with your examples of original bills, the comparison is favorable to Bernie.