What does it take to get the personal attention of a member of Congress? A good idea backed by a strong, logical argument? Reams of academic research backing your point of view? Broad-based grassroots support for your ideals from millions of people around the country?
If you nodded your head in the affirmative to any of those possibilities, that's adorable. The correct answer is money, and a recent study by a pair of U.C. Berkeley political scientists published in the American Journal of Political Science proves it conclusively.
http://www.dailydot.com/politics/congress-meetings-donation-study/
If you nodded your head in the affirmative to any of those possibilities, that's adorable. The correct answer is money, and a recent study by a pair of U.C. Berkeley political scientists published in the American Journal of Political Science proves it conclusively.
http://www.dailydot.com/politics/congress-meetings-donation-study/
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