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Resource ID: #28803
Subject:Lawmaking
Source:Natalie Allison, Chris Amico, Robert Barnes, Christian Baucom, Daniel Bice, Giacomo Bologna, Ben Botkin, David Boucher, Jon Campbell, Chris Davis, Amy DiPierro, Paul Egan, Tom Foster, Dustin Gardiner, Ronald J. Hansen, Tyler Hawkins, Greg Hilburn,
Affiliation:USA Today, Center for Public Integrity, Arizona Republic
Date:2019-10-02
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It was one of the worst-kept secrets in politics: Legislators don’t write the laws that bear their names.But while many people are aware that corporations and lobbyists do much of the actual lawmaking in statehouses across the country, the extent of this outsourcing of the public’s business to special interests has been a mystery.Only when controversies have erupted over “Stand Your Ground” laws or “bathroom” bills, was the public made aware of so-called model legislation.
