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Related: About this forumEmpirical study: Clinton more effective lawmaker in Congress than Sanders.
From a study by Jeffrey Lazarus, associate professor of political science at Georgia State University as reported by Lazarus:
This (study) also excludes legislation that Sanders and Clinton co-sponsored. A bills sponsor typically shepherds the bill through Congress and is usually (but not always) the bills primary author. By contrast, a co-sponsor merely signs his or her name on to a bill after it has been written and introduced, to indicate that she or he supports it.
Heres what the numbers say: During her eight years in the Senate, Hillary Clinton sponsored 10 bills that passed the chamber. The mean senator passes 1.4 bills a year, so Clintons 1.25 bills per year is approximately in line with the chamber average. By contrast, Bernie Sanders has been in the Senate nine years and has sponsored only one bill that passed.
Clinton successfully amended bills 67 times in her eight years in the Senate. Sanders did so 57 times in nine years. On a year-by-year basis, that comes to 8.4 per year for Clinton and 6.3 per year for Sanders. Moreover, the mean senator passed 7.4 amendments. Clintons is significantly higher than the mean, and Sanderss is significantly below the mean. Put differently, Clinton passed 33 percent more amendments per year than did Sanders.
Sanderss record during his 16 years in the House of Representatives was similar. There he didnt pass a single bill. Granted, its harder for members to pass bills in the House than the Senate the mean House member passes only 0.7 a year but even so, one passed bill over a quarter-century in both houses of Congress is a very low number compared with his colleagues.
Heres what the numbers say: During her eight years in the Senate, Hillary Clinton sponsored 10 bills that passed the chamber. The mean senator passes 1.4 bills a year, so Clintons 1.25 bills per year is approximately in line with the chamber average. By contrast, Bernie Sanders has been in the Senate nine years and has sponsored only one bill that passed.
Clinton successfully amended bills 67 times in her eight years in the Senate. Sanders did so 57 times in nine years. On a year-by-year basis, that comes to 8.4 per year for Clinton and 6.3 per year for Sanders. Moreover, the mean senator passed 7.4 amendments. Clintons is significantly higher than the mean, and Sanderss is significantly below the mean. Put differently, Clinton passed 33 percent more amendments per year than did Sanders.
Sanderss record during his 16 years in the House of Representatives was similar. There he didnt pass a single bill. Granted, its harder for members to pass bills in the House than the Senate the mean House member passes only 0.7 a year but even so, one passed bill over a quarter-century in both houses of Congress is a very low number compared with his colleagues.
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Empirical study: Clinton more effective lawmaker in Congress than Sanders. (Original Post)
kstewart33
Apr 2016
OP
Yeah! BS can't run on his record so he tries to tear down Hillary's and President Obama's.
Cha
Apr 2016
#3
A very lazy congresscritter - and now he thinks he can be president?? Bwaahahaha!
BlueCaliDem
Apr 2016
#6
BlueMTexpat
(15,369 posts)1. And there it is.
In black and white.
dlwickham
(3,316 posts)2. my cats would be more effective then Bernie
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,986 posts)4. But can they wave their arms and wag their finger?
If a bird landed near them would it be safe?
dlwickham
(3,316 posts)5. That bird would have been lunch
Cha
(297,240 posts)3. Yeah! BS can't run on his record so he tries to tear down Hillary's and President Obama's.
TY, stewart~
BlueCaliDem
(15,438 posts)6. A very lazy congresscritter - and now he thinks he can be president?? Bwaahahaha!
NOT.
SunSeeker
(51,557 posts)7. K & R