Why women senators are more effective than men
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Sen. Amy Klobuchar is among several women getting some CBS News admiration today for straightening out the old-boy's club -- the Senate.
Twenty women now serve in the U.S. Senate; that's a record number.
"Together there's a lot of trust," Klobuchar said. "We don't have much trust right now among members of Congress but we have it with the women senators."
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Are women more effective politicians because they're women?
"We are working mothers, many of us, too, and I think we're very results-oriented," (Sen. Kelly) Ayotte said.
And the data backs that up. Over the last seven years, female senators introduced more legislation than their male counterparts, were more bipartisan -- cosponsoring more bills from the opposite party -- and had more of their bills enacted by the entire Senate.
None of them were surprised by the data.
"We had to prove ourselves maybe a little more than the guys did, and I think that shows," Klobuchar said.
"You can't get one thing done yourself and so a natural coalition for me is all the other women in the Senate," Capito added.
What would life be like with more women in the Senate?
"There would be a lot less of this backstabbing and, just the sort of hateful language and things," Klobuchar said.
