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Linda Bumpas's avatar

The problem with Congress having control over spending or anything else is that there are members of the current congress who participated in or supported insurrection. They should not be in Congress or any government position. And there are others who are in Congress because of gerrymandering. Let's fix the system to make it more fair to all the people.

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Victims of crime should certainly be respected and protected. But it is understandably difficult for victims to be objective. It frequently seems like victims are given too much control over sentencing. We need to be careful to not let vengeance replace justice.

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Martha Moultry's avatar

I appreciate your newsletters and I support reforming our primary election procedures. I’m not settled on what changes I’d like to see but I’m definitely interested.

Thanks for the information on victim respect. I just listened to a podcast in NPR Saturday afternoon in which a young woman working at the capital in Idaho was given no respect at all for her feelings about how her case should proceed. The harm done to her by the lack of respect is unconscionable.

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