Empirical study finds Clinton more effective lawmaker in Congress than Sanders.

[kstewart33]

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 bill’s sponsor typically shepherds the bill through Congress and is usually (but not always) the bill’s 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.

Here’s 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 Clinton’s 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. Clinton’s is significantly higher than the mean, and Sanders’s is significantly below the mean. Put differently, Clinton passed 33 percent more amendments per year than did Sanders.

Sanders’s record during his 16 years in the House of Representatives was similar. There he didn’t pass a single bill. Granted, it’s 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.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/04/07/hillary-clinton-was-a-more-effective-lawmaker-than-bernie-sanders/?postshare=7671460050101347&tid=ss_tw

[revbones]

1. Doesn't tell you the bills

If I recall correctly she 4 authored bills, I think one is a highway name, one is a post office name, and one is a name for some other thing.

[kstewart33]

3. Now Rev, 1 passed bill in 25 years in Congress can't be spun.

That is the record of a backbencher, and you know that.

[kstewart33]

4. Bernie was big on post office naming, too.

Please check his record.

1 passed bill in 25 years in Congress cannot be spun. It's the record of a backbencher, by any definition.

Could it be that Sanders does not get along very well with his colleagues? You have to work collaboratively, and that doesn't seem to be one of Sanders' skills. Perhaps that is why only 7 Congresspeople have endorsed him.

He is a wonderful advocate and has been for decades. But he is not one to actually get the results for what he is advocating.

He also does not seem to be up to speed on exactly how he will get things done.

I don't dislike Bernie. I just don't think he is up to the job.

As Al Franken said, "I want a complete president."

[revbones]

5. I didn't say he wasn't.

I was only replying to the stupid article about how effective Clinton was since it was measuring by her bills.

If you want to compare their records, you should compare amendments and the 16.2bil Veteran's Choice & Access Bill he authored with John McCain.

[ContinentalOp]

8. OK, compare amendments

"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. Clinton’s is significantly higher than the mean, and Sanders’s is significantly below the mean. Put differently, Clinton passed 33 percent more amendments per year than did Sanders."

[SoLeftIAmRight]

2. but what do they do???

[Mike__M]

6. Reread that, carefully this time . . .

How many of Hillary's wonderful bills, not only "passed the chamber" but also went all the way to become law?

Here's a hint: ask a snake to count them on one hand.

Washington Post. Huh.

[NCjack]

7. Hillary is obviously in the wrong race. With that superior record, she should

be running for NY's U.S. Senator.