It will cost $15 to ask Rep. Ryan (R-WI) a question in person during the August congressional recess.By outsourcing the events to third parties that charge an entry fee to raise money, members of Congress can eliminate most of the riffraff while stillĂ ‚¬"in some casesĂ ‚¬"allowing reporters and TV cameras for a positive local news story.The host of QuayleĂ ‚¬ „ s event, Lawyers Association Pres Jonathan Brinson, said his group previously had paid luncheons featuring Sens. McCain and Kyl and most of ArizonaĂ ‚¬ „ s GOP congressional delegation.But those events didnĂ ‚¬ „ t come in the absence of an open-to-the-public town hall like one McCain held last week, at which he faced angry tea party constituents.Ă ‚¬Ĺ"After Republicans voted to gut Medicare and other vital programs while protecting tax breaks for millionaires and corporations, itĂ ‚¬ „ s not surprising that they would not want to face constituents |
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Joan Brunwasser is a co-founder of Citizens for Election Reform (CER) which since 2005 existed for the sole purpose of raising the public awareness of the critical need for election reform. Our goal: to restore fair, accurate, transparent, secure elections where votes are cast in private and counted in public. Because the problems with electronic (computerized) voting systems include a lack of (more...)