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Members with safe seats often raise excess campaign money from special interest groups, which they then offer to other members in return for their support on bills. 0.500

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Simplified: Members with safe seats often raise excess campaign money from special interest groups offer it to other members for support on bills

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They can ensure that members stand together in support of budget restraint, which occurred for a few years in the mid-1990s. 0.500

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Simplified: They can ensure members stand together in support of budget restraint which occurred in mid-1990s

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It is possible for the president and congressional leaders to counter these pro-spending biases by the use party discipline. 0.500

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Simplified: President and congressional leaders can counter pro-spending biases by using party discipline

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Dairy subsidies had the support of members from Maine, Pennsylvania, and Vermont. 0.500

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Simplified: Dairy subsidies had support of members from Maine Pennsylvania and Vermont

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Former Rep. Joe Scarborough of Florida has described the logrolling that led to the passage of the bloated 2002 farm bill. 0.500

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Simplified: Former Rep Joe Scarborough of Florida described logrolling that led to passage of bloated 2002 farm bill

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The result is that the two projects get approved, even though each imposes net costs on society and benefits only a minority of voters. 0.500

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Simplified: The two projects get approved even though each imposes net costs on society and benefits only a minority of voters

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That is, they logroll. 0.500

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Simplified: They logroll

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The key to the program's political success is that its benefits are more geographically concentrated that its costs. 0.500

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Simplified: The key to program's political success is benefits are more geographically concentrated than costs

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The pro-spending bias of congressional voting is strengthened by the complex web of vote trading, or logrolling, that often occurs. 0.500

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Simplified: Pro-spending bias of congressional voting is strengthened by logrolling

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Because projects A and B would fail with stand-alone votes, McConnell, Cochran, and Collins enter an agreement for mutual support of the two projects. 0.500

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Simplified: Projects A and B would fail with stand-alone votes McConnell Cochran and Collins enter agreement for mutual support

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2 months ago
The CFDA is an official listing of all federal aid or subsidy programs for state and local governments, individuals, businesses, and nonprofit groups. 1.000

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Simplified: CFDA is an official listing of all federal aid or subsidy programs

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The federal government has greatly expanded in size in recent years, and it now spends more than $3.5 trillion annually. 0.900

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Simplified: Federal government spends more than $3.5 trillion annually

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2 months ago
Earmarks generally refer to items slipped into legislation by individual lawmakers to benefit particular activities in their home states. 1.000

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Simplified: Earmarks refer to items slipped into legislation by lawmakers to benefit activities in their home states

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2 months ago
Many federal programs deliver subsidies to particular groups of individuals and businesses while harming taxpayers and damaging the overall economy. 0.900

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Simplified: Federal programs deliver subsidies to particular groups and businesses harming taxpayers and damaging the economy

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Taxpayers can research who receives all the subsidies at websites such as www.usaspending.gov, and use the information to complain to their members of Congress. 0.900

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Simplified: Taxpayers can research who receives subsidies at websites like wwwusaspendinggov and complain to Congress

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In an age of massive federal deficits, members should be proactively combing through the list of 1,800 subsidy programs themselves and terminating hundreds of lower-priority activities. 0.900

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Simplified: Members should proactively comb through 1800 subsidy programs and terminate lower-priority activities

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2 months ago
Table 1 shows how Congress can pass special interest legislation in which the costs to society outweigh the benefits. 0.500

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Simplified: Table 1 shows how Congress can pass special interest legislation where costs outweigh benefits

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It shows a hypothetical project that creates benefits of $40 and costs taxpayers $50, and is thus a loser for the nation. 0.500

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Simplified: A hypothetical project creates $40 in benefits costs taxpayers $50 is a loser for the nation

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Nonetheless, the project gains a majority vote, assuming that legislators vote in the narrow interests of their districts. 0.500

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Simplified: The project gains a majority vote assuming legislators vote in narrow interests of their districts

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2 months ago
By 1970, there were 1,019 federal subsidy programs, as shown in Figure 1. 0.900

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Simplified: 1970 had 1019 federal subsidy programs

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