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Some congressional Democrats are busy growing a pair or two:

A prime target for changes are the closed-door negotiations known as conference committees, where members of the House and Senate hash out their differences over competing versions of legislation. House and Senate Democrats last week proposed that all such conference committees meet in the open and that any changes be made by a vote of all conferees.

The doors are only closed to the public, not to lobbyists' influence. Whatever we get out of this corruption scandal, I hope it's something as good as ending the abuse of conference committees and late-night votes. This can only happen now, before Democrats have too much power to want to give any up.