If you’re going to write to your legislator, do your homework on the issues.
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You can affect how legislators vote, but you can’t just fire off a nasty email and expect them to listen to you.
The House GOP under new leader Kevin McCarthy, center in front of flag, adopted rules that included changes to operations of the office that conducts investigations of members.
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House lawmakers created an independent office to conduct ethics investigations. But new changes by the GOP to rules governing the office were just the latest attempt to defang it.
There are ways to get things done under the U.S. Capitol dome.
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What makes an effective lawmaker? Two scholars have studied 50 years of congressional legislating, and they’ve got a scorecard and a plan.