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Big‐city districts, too, send a large number of lawyers to Congress, most of whom still identify with their neighbor­hood practices and their ties to the urban machines and local interests clustering around them.
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Big-city districts send many lawyers to Congress who identify with neighborhood practices and urban machines.
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News Article
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{
    "topic": "Lawyers in Congress",
    "entity": "Congress",
    "source": "The New York Times",
    "publication_date": "1964-01-05"
}
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https://www.nytimes.com/1964/01/05/are-there-too-many-lawyers-in-congress.html

A 1964 analysis examines the overrepresentation of lawyers in US Congress, questioning its impact on legislation and political processes. The article explores potential biases and consequences of this demographic imbalance.

US Politics
Lawyers in Politics
Legislative Process
Political Representation
Congressional Reform
1960s Politics

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