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by zopa 1309 days ago
Donations buy you access, not specific outcomes. Just the ability to get a hearing for whatever kinda-reasonable-ish parts of the stuff you want there might be is really, really valuable.

And yes, both are corrupt, but one is business as usual and the other is a serious federal crime that prudent members of congress avoid.
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puglr 1307 days ago
"Getting a hearing" and "not getting a hearing" are specific outcomes.
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zopa 1306 days ago
"This tax credit gets extended" is an outcome. "30 minutes with the Member and their chief of staff to discuss the vital importance of this tax credit to industry X" is not an outcome. You can problematize and subvert any scheme of categorization if you like, so go wild if it makes you happy, but honestly who has the time?
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