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higher education up there, I know the influence of the

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lobbyist is quoted. So, they have their share of them,

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and I will let Mr. Kentner talk about that.

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MR. BROOKS: Let me add one thing relevant to

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this before we get back to the other part of the paper.

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I think part of the points about lobbyists is a weighing

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of the degree of impact lobbyists should have on the

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legislature, not that they should be available as legis-

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lative specialists on particular legislation. They

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definitely have a value in that regard, but I think the

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question is should they be the paramount influence as far

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as outside nonlegislator influence is concerned, and the

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point in regard to unicameral legislation is if you have

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a simpler system of legislation, then the general public

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understands it and can also influence legislation.

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Whereas, under a bicameral system, it is argued

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that the lobbyist is a legislative technician himself and

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part of his value, fifty per cent of his trade, so to

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speak, is knowing the technical procedures that legisla-

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tion has to go through in order to ever eventually be

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enacted and to know the committee system, and therefore