Reply #49: I think that the efforts of Congress should be centered on what they believe will be most effective

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In our political system, often those things which are unsupported by the majority of voters can not be addressed in an effective manner by the politicians. *That's why they often rely on outside prosecutions to take the taint of partisanship away from their efforts and to build support within and without the political institution for the actions they take. Unlike the efforts of an outside prosecutor, their actions may rise *or fall as a result of that 'support' in and out of government. If we are truly concerned with making charges stick - if we really intend for there to be actual legal consequences to lawbreaking and abuse - then we shouldn't disregard the political obstacles to whatever remedy Congress intends to resolve within that political institution.

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