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enormous amounts of locally-targeted legislation. As mentioned earlier, forceful
subnational linkages in Argentine politics make it unlikely that the baseline be zero. In
fact, as it can be seen in Table 7.1, about 90% of every single legislator in office has ever
sent at least a bill regarding her home province; and circa 70% has done the same
concerning the municipalities of the province. However, it is not true that every single
legislator submits hundreds of local bills period after period. As shown in Table 7.2, on
average, every representative submits 34 bills per congressional period (two years),
which means 68 pieces for each 4-years mandate. Among those, fourteen bills (about
20%) involve a reference to the province, and six bills (circa 10%) target the
municipalities of the province. Thus, territorial work is far (very far) from being the
main duty of legislative activity.
Table 7.1: Percentage of Legislators that have Submitted Bills with
Provincial and Municipal Content
|
■ ∙ ’ , . ∙ ' |
Home Province Bills |
∙¾. |
Home Province's . Municipalities Bills |
% ■ |
|
Yes |
1,337 |
89.07 |
1,038 |
69.15 |
|
No |
’ 164 |
10.93 |
463“ ’ |
30.85 |
|
Total |
1,501 |
100 |
‰501 |
100 |
Table 7.2: Average of Bills Submitted by Congressional Period - Full
Sample, Provincially-Targeted and Municipality-Targeted
|
■ Sample |
Units |
Mean |
Std. Dev. |
Min |
Max |
|
Total Bills |
3,453 |
33.96 |
45.7 |
1 |
586 |
|
Home Province |
3,453 |
6.99 |
10.91 |
0 |
153 |
|
Home Province's |
3,453 |
3.06 |
5.56 |
0 |
64 |
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