According to Albert Einstein insanity is defined as “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results” (Becker 2). Congressional fundraising is when politicians raise money to pay for their financial obligation. Every day politicians are required to participate in congressional fundraising. Congressional fundraising is unhealthy for the United States political system. Congressional fundraising encourages politicians to focus more on telemarketing rather than leading the people. It’s a demeaning process for the politicians, and the process takes an exorbitant amount of time out of the politician’s schedule. By supporting the David Jolly’s Stop Act, creating a group of financial consultants and removing limits on donations
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Due to the United States’ crippling debt, the amount of money needed to fundraise has increased each year (Mann and Ornstein 78). As a result, the increased amount of money made congressional fundraising an integral part of a politician’s career. Consequently, making congressional fundraising a job for the politicians created problems. Paul Hernson, a political scientist at the University of Connecticut, found that financial consultants can increase a candidate’s chance of winning an election (866). This means that congressional fundraising encourages politicians to win elections based on their financial skills instead of their political skills. When a candidate gets elected, the candidate should immediately fundraise for donations to fulfill their financial obligations. These financial obligations can stem from committees, political party’s dues and help a fellow politician for their fundraiser (Mann and Ornstein 103). This incident forces Federal Election Commission to create regulations like forcing politicians to fundraise at least four hours a day (Federal Election Commission). This is problematic because politicians can use those four hours to help the people instead of fundraising. Many politicians spoke out that congressional fundraising was a terrible task to complete. For example, Hon Alan Simpson, a former member of the senate, said that “I felt used …show more content…
David Jolly is a United States Representative who is representing the 13th district of Florida (Jolly 1). In February 2016, David Jolly introduces a bill called H.R. 4443(Jolly 8). H.R 4443 is the bill number for the legislation, but the official name for this bill is called the Stop Act. Congressmen Jolly said “the “Stop Act” is needed because too many in Congress spend more time raising money than doing the job they were elected to do (Jolly 1).” The Stop Act will ban incumbents from directly receiving money from donators. The Stop Act has been adopted in 30 different states (Jolly 4). By establishing the Stop Act as a law all of the states must follow this law. As a result, the Stop Act will solve all three major problems of congressional fundraising: encourage telemarketing skills, demeaning process for the politicians and the amount of time it takes to fundraise. (Margin
Due to the United States’ crippling debt, the amount of money needed to fundraise has increased each year (Mann and Ornstein 78). As a result, the increased amount of money made congressional fundraising an integral part of a politician’s career. Consequently, making congressional fundraising a job for the politicians created problems. Paul Hernson, a political scientist at the University of Connecticut, found that financial consultants can increase a candidate’s chance of winning an election (866). This means that congressional fundraising encourages politicians to win elections based on their financial skills instead of their political skills. When a candidate gets elected, the candidate should immediately fundraise for donations to fulfill their financial obligations. These financial obligations can stem from committees, political party’s dues and help a fellow politician for their fundraiser (Mann and Ornstein 103). This incident forces Federal Election Commission to create regulations like forcing politicians to fundraise at least four hours a day (Federal Election Commission). This is problematic because politicians can use those four hours to help the people instead of fundraising. Many politicians spoke out that congressional fundraising was a terrible task to complete. For example, Hon Alan Simpson, a former member of the senate, said that “I felt used …show more content…
David Jolly is a United States Representative who is representing the 13th district of Florida (Jolly 1). In February 2016, David Jolly introduces a bill called H.R. 4443(Jolly 8). H.R 4443 is the bill number for the legislation, but the official name for this bill is called the Stop Act. Congressmen Jolly said “the “Stop Act” is needed because too many in Congress spend more time raising money than doing the job they were elected to do (Jolly 1).” The Stop Act will ban incumbents from directly receiving money from donators. The Stop Act has been adopted in 30 different states (Jolly 4). By establishing the Stop Act as a law all of the states must follow this law. As a result, the Stop Act will solve all three major problems of congressional fundraising: encourage telemarketing skills, demeaning process for the politicians and the amount of time it takes to fundraise. (Margin