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resolutions are still around the 30% in their probabilities of passage. Communications, as
it Ccin be seen, have a substantively higher rate; nevertheless, they still are a small part of
the sample. Considering that chances of getting a bill passed are not high overall; the
question of why a legislator should submit these pieces becomes crucial. It has been
stated that targeted pieces of legislation are likely to improve politicians' reputations
and facilitate their career goals. But what happens if these politicians cannot
systematically show any result to their constituents?

Table 3.3: Rate of Passage of Legislation -1983-2007
By Kind of Bill

Type of Bill

Passed

Not Passed

Total

Executive Decrees

869

1,528

2,397

36.25

63.75

100

National Laws_____

3,049

43,916

46,965

6.49

93.51

100

Communications

13,089

7,752

20,841

62.8

37.2

100

Declarations________

17,818

31,376

49,194

36.22

63.78

100

Resolutions________

17,115

40,750

57,865

29.58

70.42

100

"Non-Public Bills"

48,022

79,878

127,900

37.55

62.45

100

Total ____________

51,940

125,322

177,262

29.3

70.7

100

Source: Official Statistics of the Camara the Diputados

My intuition is that submission of that legislation does not necessarily imply an
expectation of passage. Since no real barriers to the submission of bills do exist20,
inflating the number of submitted bills give legislators some capital to show to their

20 See Doring (1995) for an excellent review of the many restrictions for the introduction of private bills
worldwide.



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