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Swamp Stories Episode 36: Piggy Bank
Imagine a world in which a member of Congress could take money from a corporation and put it in a special bank account that’s supposed to be used to…
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The 2020 election season, while carried out successfully by dedicated election officials and poll workers, exposed one glaring problem with the U.S. system of elections: it is chronically underfunded.
Though Congress allocated $400 million for election assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic, it was far short of what experts and election administrators said was needed to pull off an election in a pandemic. Private philanthropy, from folks like Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan, stepped in to help fill the gap. These investments didn’t come without scrutiny.
In episode 41, Weston speaks with the head of the nonprofit that distributed grants to election departments around the country in both red and blue states to set the record straight about the role private philanthropy played in the 2020 election, and the need for increased federal investment in our nation’s election infrastructure.
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The episode also features interviews Issue One conducted with Republican election officials, including:
Check out episode 41 of “Swamp Stories”: “Zuckerbucks”
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Imagine a world in which a member of Congress could take money from a corporation and put it in a special bank account that’s supposed to be used to…
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In the latest episode of our “Swamp Stories” podcast, Weston chats with Rep. Peter Meijer (R-MI) about a range of issues, including legislating instead of “throwing bombs”; fighting pessimism in…
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In 2012, President Barack Obama signed into law the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act, otherwise known as the STOCK Act. The intent was to ban insider trading from members…