Women’s Issues and Their Fates in the US Congress

摘要: Significant scholarship indicates that female legislators focus their attention on “women’s issues” to a greater extent than do male lawmakers. Drawing over 40 years of bill sponsorship data from the US House Representatives, we define women’s issues in terms those sponsored at rate by women Congress. Our analysis reveals most (but not all) classically considered are indeed raised an enhanced congresswomen. We then track fate issues. While 4 percent all bills become law, drops 2 for and only 1 issue themselves. This pattern persists time—from early 1970s through today—and upon controlling other factors influence success rates. link bias against committee process, suggest several avenues further research.