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Could start by rotating the members of Congressional committees. Effectively making Congress the pool.
by merely-unlikely 4y ago
Could start by rotating the members of Congressional committees. Effectively making Congress the pool.
- pirate787 4y agoThis is a major reform, as the politicians who are captured by various interests have STRONG incentives to join that Committee. For example, look at the Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee -- there's only two Senators from states east of the Mississippi River, and one is West Virginia (a major energy provider as well). An elected official requesting a spot on the committee from an energy consuming state will have a very hard time. https://www.energy.senate.gov/members https://www.energy.senate.gov/members The Republican party is somewhat better than the Democrats on this-- Committee reform was a major plank of the 1994 Contract With America and the GOP still has term limits for Committee Chairmen. https://about.bgov.com/news/frustrated-democrats-mount-push-for-committee-chair-term-limits/ https://about.bgov.com/news/frustrated-democrats-mount-push-...