This meant that congressmen spent more of their time and, indeed, spend more of their time fund-raising than they used to. They re cleaner. There s very little doubt of that. But the fund-raising process is much more on display than it ever was. And a dirty process is what you re saying.
Some people think of it as inherently dirty.
And also I think more consistent standards. You know, one of the reasons we have a House Ethics Committee is 1967 Adam Clayton Powell, the civil rights leader, Harlem congressman, was accused of having people on his payroll who were friends and relatives. He was prevented from sitting in the House. There was no committee at that time. They just did it.