you will cut spending. guys, don t go too far away. thank you very much. let s get to jack cafferty right now. he s got the cafferty file. jack? turns out, wolf, that you can add politics to the list of things that women do better than men. by the way, that s a long list. the daily beast reports on a new study that shows female politicians are among the most productive and persuasive in the country. the research in the american journal of political science is the first to compare the performance of male and female politicians. and it shows that women do a better job at both securing pork for their home districts and shaping policy. between 1984 and 2004, women politicians won about $50 million per year more for their districts than men did. and as for policy, women sponsored more bills than the male counter parts. the women s politicians bills made it further through the legislative process, got more media attention. the authors say this is because women do a better job at, quote,