The Women of the Senate: The Architects of bipartisanship

Abstract

Throughout this thesis I intend to show how time and time again the women of the Senate have used the relationships that they have built to be architects of bipartisanship. I chose this topic because I have followed Congressional politics for almost 15 years now and I have seen the evolution of more female members elected to Congress. In that time period we have seen the women of Congress band together to create legislation that will benefit the lives of the American people, and have specifically seen an increase in support of legislation regarding women’s health and a wide array of social issues. But we have also seen the halls of Congress look more like the American people. With more women and more diverse female members elected we have a Congress that now embodies many different races and sexualities, something that we haven’t had before. Yes we have more women but we certainly don’t have enough.