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David Schoenbrod. DC Confidential

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In fond memory of my mentors:

John Doar, Neal D. Peterson, and Judge Spottswood W. Robinson III

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Moreover, having escaped responsibility for the burdens required to raise the money for transportation, legislators also didn’t feel pressure to focus the money on the projects that would do the most good for voters—projects such as replacing the South Park Bridge before it had to be closed. This they have pervasively failed to do.20

At every step in the South Park Bridge story, members of Congress structured policy to maximize their credit and minimize their blame. For them, it was “every man for himself, and the devil take the hindmost.” We the People are the victims.

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