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FCC’s Net Neutrality Rules Struck Down by Federal Appeals Court (www.nytimes.com)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Congressmen aren’t individually drafting bills, they direct their aids to draft the bills and hammer out the details

One slight point, this isn't how they get legislative drafts. Legislative drafts come from thinktanks like Heritage, ALEC, Vote Blue, etc.

Oligarchs write legislation, and then find a congresscritter that owes them a favor. They "lobby" for it, ie they stop into the congresscritter's office, drop the envelope with the text, drop a check for their campaign fund, and then the congresscritter gets it to pass.