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Influence for Sale: How American Politicians Have Been Bought and Paid For

Nick Ramos4 Comments

In 2000, the total investment in United States federal elections—congressional and presidential—was $3 billion. By 2020, it had shot up to $14.4 billion. Perhaps it’s time to ask what that…

Articles, Governmentcampaign finance, Congress, Democratic Party, electoral reform, House of Representatives, John Sarbanes, Katherine Gehl, Ken Buck, Lawrence Lessig, Newt Gingrich, reform, Republican Party, Ro Khanna, Senate, structural reform, US Congress

Congress in Crisis: Assessing Our Broken Branch, Pt. II

Nathan C. Smolensky0 Comments

How We Got Here, Why It's Getting Worse, & What We Can Do About It Editor’s Note: This is the second article in our two-part series on Congress. Part I…

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