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Woodrow Wilson: “The question is not merely, How shall the methods of Congress be clarified and its ways made purposeful and responsible?”

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The question is not merely, How shall the methods of Congress be clarified and its ways made purposeful and responsible?
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Wilson raises the important issue of how to make Congress more transparent and accountable.

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