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Even though Congress is supposed to be the pre-eminent democratic and representative institution in our society, it seems that Congress has neglected to live up to these explanations. Howard Laski has observed that Congress not only neglects this criteria, but was designed in way to maximize incoherence and irresponsibility. Samuel Huntington also offers his view of Congress as a troubled institution because of its inability to modernize itself with the existence of affiliation, structure and …

…reaching the members. Many are quick to blame Congress and politicians, but if you could stop the flow of money drastic changes could be made. Clawson suggests finance reform is the only way to fix these problems, stating that campaigns should be publicly financed by the government. This would not only create equality throughout campaigning, but! it would ensure that Congressmen wouldn’t skirt certain issues because of money taken from big business. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**