Differences between the candidates are stark. The attorney general has, among other things, a role in how to enforce state laws and whether to defend them when they're challenged in court. And the North Carolina candidates couldn't be more different in their approaches. Jackson sa...
We also find that wealth accumulation was particularly large for congressmen who represented states most involved in military contracting and those who served during the Civil War in committees that were responsible for most military appropriations. We hypothesize that increased opportunities from the ...