<span>Settlement houses made a
notable contribution to Progressive Era reform primarily by lobbying municipal
authorities for better city services in slum neighborhoods. The progressive era
movement’s leaders sought for laws that could make the settlements more safe
and hygienic through lobbying the authorities to solve these problems. </span>
Written Laws are more valuable than spoken laws because you have it written, you have it on paper,. You that persons writing and if anyone goes against it you have it on paper, not the witness of that person saying it. You have proof.
Senate, because you have more power!