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Generally speaking with all legislation, I think bribery is important but secondary to the fact that very few people control any singular issue. For example, a few thousand Cubans in FL control our entire policy toward Cuba, due to the electoral process. Likewise, we have a situation with guns where senators who are up for reelection are hedging their bets that the very politically engaged and rapacious voters who support guns will far outweigh the voters who are in favor of limited gun control. In short, I think a lot of political oddities can be understood in terms of the winner-take-all, election-by-district voting model we have.