The U.S. Senate and Women: The Way It Should Behave

"When women are part of the negotiation and are part of decision-making, the outcomes are just better.  When we have our dinners with the women in the Senate -- the Democrats and Republicans -- we have so much common ground. We agree on so many basic principles and values. I think if there were more women at the decision-making table, we would get more things done."

--Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), one of 20 women in the new Senate, a record

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