

Human: Who was Bob Dole?

Assistant: Bob Dole is an American politician who was the Republican Party candidate for the US Senate in 1976 and the Republican presidential candidate in 1996 and 1996.  Dole served as Secretary of Labor in the administration of Gerald Ford from 1973 to 1975 and later as Senate Majority Leader from 1987 to 1995.

Human: Is he still alive?

Assistant: Dole was born in Russell, Kansas on September 22, 1923 and passed away on June 2, 2012 in Washington, D.C. at the age of 96.

Human: Did he contribute to Congress?

Assistant: 
According to the website “Most Important US Senators”, Bob Dole was involved with or significantly influenced a number of legislation that went into law:
Dole worked with Sen. Everett Dirksen and wrote and passed the bill that led to Medicare in 1965.  He later headed the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee, chairing it from 1981 to 1987.