SMACK- DOWN

Pennsylvania Republican Sen. Rick Santorum’s new book, “It Takes a Family,” takes a swipe at New York Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton’s 1996 bestseller, “It Takes a Village.”

Critics say the titles reflect the two high-profile senators’ ideological split. But what does it really take to be a party paragon?

Here’s a look at some of the recent bills and resolutions Clinton and Santorum have pushed.

Clinton:

* Handgun clampdowns (Senate Bill 578, a bill to notify counterterrorism officials when suspected terrorists or gang members attempt to buy firearms)

* Contraception protection (SB 844, to guarantee and expand access to contraception)

* Labor unions (SB 842, to make it easier for workers to organize)

* Glass-ceiling wipes (SB 841, to beef up the study of gender pay inequity)

* War wounds (Senate Resolution 39, calling for a National Purple Heart Recognition Day)

* Universal healthcare (SR 49, urging access to healthcare for all Americans by 2010)

* Women (SR 74, designating March 8, 2005, as International Women’s Day)

* Woodpeckers (SB 1410, to pump up spending on neo-tropical migratory bird conservation)

Santorum:

* Gun makers (SB 397, to protect gun makers from civil liability actions)

* Tax cuts (SB 1524, to make capital gains reductions permanent)

* Red meat (SB 1333, to establish a voluntary program for country-of-origin labeling of meat)

* Healthcare for kids (SB 1049, to promote state health insurance programs for children)

* Charity (SR 15, to encourage Americans to increase their charitable giving by 1%)

* Boy Scouts (SB 642, to protect federal funding for national youth organizations)

* Historically black colleges (SR 158, to make the week beginning Sept. 11 National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week)

* Regime change in Iran (SB 333, to maintain sanctions and support democracy activists in Iran)

* Aspirin (SB 1450, to suspend the duty on aspirin)

-- STEPHEN W. STROMBERG