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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.
What makes an effective lawmaker? Two scholars have studied 50 years of congressional legislating, and they’ve got a scorecard and a plan.
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Professor of Public Policy and Politics, University of Virginia
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Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Political Economy, Professor of Political Science and Law, Vanderbilt University
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Associate Professor of Government, Wesleyan University
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Associate Professor in Communication & Public Policy, Michigan State University
