The press release:

St. Louis, MO -- Today the Liz Lauber for Congress campaign launched the “What’s Todd Up To?” tracker, which shows that all of the legislation that Liz’s opponent, Todd Akin, has introduced this Congress are bills he introduced last Congress and has simply re-introduced. In addition, the Post Office designations, while a good intent to memorialize fallen soldiers, are three-fourths of his legislative work.

“As the recent occurrence of the NY-23 race has shown America, just being the ‘establishment’s choice’ is not good enough anymore,” Lauber said. “We are returning to a party of the people, for the people, and all candidates must earn their stripes.”

“My economic plan is up on my Web site for all to consider, but my worthy opponent, who serves on the Small Business Committee, has not introduced one bill over the last two Congresses to help small businesses stay alive in this bad economy,” Lauber said.

The “What’s Todd Up To?” tracker indicates that out of the total legislation Liz Lauber’s opponent introduced over the last two Congresses, three out of thirteen have been Post Office designations, and four of the thirteen have been congressional “Resolutions,” which are opinions rather than bills.

“I’m not criticizing my opponent for designating Post Offices,” Lauber continued. “Indeed, I fully support honoring our fallen heroes.  But people need solutions to help their bottom lines, and they need lawmakers in Congress to work on bills that will help working families now.  Even though they are sitting in the Minority, the Republican Party can’t just be the party of ‘No’.”

“My opponent has a record, and Mr. Akin’s record is mainly naming Post Offices and sharing his opinions through House Resolutions,” said Lauber.  “For Mr. Akin to fail to offer any solutions and ways to relieve the overbearing regulations that are strangling our small businesses is inadequate.  The small business owners in the 2^nd Congressional District deserve better.”

The congressional seat that Akin and Lauber are vying for in Missouri is agreed to be a Safe Republican seat by virtually all political assessors.

“In a safe Republican district, there is no reason I can think of why a federal legislator shouldn’t do more legislatively,” Lauber concluded.