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Linda Wertheimer, off camera, asks U.S. House Representatives Geraldine Ferraro (D-NY) if there are enough men in Congress who support the bill, whether the bill can pass. Rep. Ferraro is pleased with the support male members of Congress have given to the bill; referencing the Congressional Caucus on Women’s Issues, the largest Caucus in the House of Representatives. Naturally, they need the help of male colleagues to pass the bill, since there are only twenty-two female House Representatives and two Senators. The bill has bipartisan support. Wertheimer asks if women are ready to start voting for and electing other women into office. Rep. Ferraro favors more women being elected to Congress increasing the clout they would have. However, she appreciates any male elected to Congress sharing concerns about, and voting for, women’s issues. Men have wives, mothers, and daughters, women’s issues should be important to them as well.