The Gap Between What You Think and What Congress Thinks You Think is Filled with Corporate Money

'Political scientist Leah Stokes examines the wide ideological gap between Congress and US citizens - as elected representatives and their staffers substitute corporate lobbying and their own beliefs for the values of their constituencies across a wide range of issues, policies are pushed rightward and away from popular solutions to pressing issues. Stokes is co-author of the paper "Legislative Staff and Representation in Congress" in the American Political Science Review.' -- This is Hell!