Regardless which house, which party, I want them free from special interest $$ and influence. All of them. NRA, OIL, Pharma, Insurance, Agra, Wall Street. Business does need a voice, but right now they control.
Congress can have panels to solicit opinion from business, from individuals. No campaign contributions above individual levels (like the old $2500). None. I want them free of agendas that hurt our health, destroy our environment.
There are 25 (or 100, or 1000) ways to solve a problem. We need to consider all ideas and find those that meet these needs. But the laws themselves need to be authored and vetted by accountable representatives and their staff. Legislation that isn't written by lawmakers should not make it to congress.
No business should sponsor onboarding for Congresspersons (they do now). Training congresspersons should be funded by the American people and trained in an unbiased fashion to understand congressional procedure.
Campaigns should be limited to 4 weeks prior to an election, preparations limited to 6 weeks before that. Most members of the house spend half their term campaigning for their next term. There should be a cap on the $$ they can spend, per capita of their state population on advertisements and outside interests should not be allowed to fund political campaigns.
We need campaign reform. If we take the money out of politics we remove a lot of the impotence to push agendas that are contrary to the well being of the Republic.
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