On the recordApril 5, 2022
If we don't find some mechanism to disincentivize non-electoral interventions... we create an incentive for mayhem.
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congress.govBrian Baird: “If we don't find some mechanism to disincentivize non-electoral interventions... we create an incentive for mayhem.”
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Baird warns about the dangers of non-electoral changes to congressional power.
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