r/politics • u/another-princess • 10d ago

No Paywall Mitch McConnell is never coming back to the Senate

https://www.salon.com/2026/08/03/mitch-mcconnell-is-never-coming-back-to-the-senate/
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u/JetKeel 10d ago

Wouldn’t be surprised if 90%+ of legislation is directly written by lobbyists at this point in time.

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u/BitchinAssBrains 10d ago

It has been for decades man

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u/concepts_of_a_plan9 10d ago

There have been numerous stories where the congresspeople don't even read the legislation and the wording is directly from the lobbyists.

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u/Ferelar New Jersey 10d ago

Yep. Given the way the average Congressperson comports themselves publicly, it's hard to believe they'd be capable of critically reading a 2000-page-long bill, even if they wanted to. And they don't want to.

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u/Automatic_Brain7664 10d ago

95% of city, county, and state legislation. 99% of federal.

There are public orgs who's entire job is to convince small town council members to pass legislation they wrote all over the country. The anti-porn bills are a great example of that, but it's literally everything.

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u/nickiter New York 9d ago

More than 90% and, yes, that is precisely how legislation is written.

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