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Allison R. Hayward

Allison R. Hayward is Vice President of Policy at the Center for Competitive Politics and a member of the Board of the Office of Congressional Ethics.

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Lawrence Lessig’s essay takes the familiar questions surrounding private money in politics and dresses them up with new flourishes. Before, people asked, “do campaign contributions influence legislation?” Now Lessig frets about “institutional...
Allison R. Hayward

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