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Proof-Variation7005 t1_itwzntj wrote

Reply to comment by Kelruss in Young voters are so important by mooscaretaker

>Congress has defunded its own staff capacity since the Gingrich era, so the ability of Congressional staffers to become a "shadow government" is limited.

More than staffs of congress, I'd worry that legislation is basically going to be dictated by industry interests.

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Kelruss t1_itx2w6d wrote

This is, in fact, something that occurs more frequently in state legislatures that have enacted term limits. With less experienced legislators, they became more reliant on lobbyists of all types to actually draft legislation, which leads to a lot more corporate legislation.

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