Many older incumbents are on the ballot for the 2026 midterms, adding to America’s debate over the wisdom of aging politicians delaying their retirement.
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Pent-up frustrations due to Parliament’s failure to represent citizen interests erupted into large scale demonstrations this August.
You can affect how legislators vote, but you can’t just fire off a nasty email and expect them to listen to you.
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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