Yes: Require all candidates to raise most of their funds from within their electoral districts
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- Grassley haunts House. // Hill;11/2/2007, Vol. 14 Issue 130, p14
The author reflects on U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley's chance of getting his way with the House Grand Old Party (GOP) conference. He asserts that Grassley might still have a hard time in the U.S. House despite the retirement of his adversary Representative Bill Thomas. According to the author, GOP...
