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Congress may be getting exactly the behavior its election system rewards

"Members of Congress face very strong incentives to not do their job, which leads to this underperformance," said Kevin Kosar.

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Federal News Network· Oct 19, 5:24 PMCongress may be getting exactly the behavior its election system rewards

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