are talking to melissa yeager, senior staff writer at the sunlight foundation, who has also won regional emmy awards and formally a part of the kshb inative team at kansas city. callmore about these centers. we have a tweet that asks "what happens if they members of congress just says no, refuses to work in the call rooms?" guest: john oliver kind of givess on how the party stipulations on how much the dues are. if you refuse -- that is a good question. why do a bunch of them not ban together and say we will not do this anymore. but you risk being the one guy in a primary against another

is melissang us yeager, a senior staff writer at the sunlight foundation. talk about congressional fund-raising. guest: exciting topic. [laughter] houselet's talk about members up for reelection. how consuming is the issue of fundraising? very consuming. they spend a lot of their time doing it. a lot of people would be surprised. a member of congress goes to washington to represent them and do not realize that a lot of their time is spent calling people to get donations to continue not just electing themselves but also to elect the party into power. according to the sunlight foundation, house and senate candidates raised a total of $1.7 billion. what sort of things do they do to keep that fundraising going, in addition to their jobs? guest: first, they do have phone ands where they sit actually have someone with them, helping them call different people and ask for money. partiestrack of the they host. sometimes, a member of congress can have two or three parties day, trying to raise money for their reelection. we crowd source invitations, so people can get

melissa yeager from the sunlight foundation on the amount of time members of congress spend fundraising and how it affects their official duties. ♪ host: good morning. 2016.friday, april 8, the headlines for today's "washington journal" are about the war of words in the democratic presidential primary, as hillary clinton and bernie sanders had a sharp exchange about each other's qualifications, leaving some in the democratic party worried that the change in tone might hamper efforts to unite the party behind the eventual candidate. the stalemate over the supreme court nominee merrick garland continues, as president obama warned that political polarization puts the judiciary in jeord

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melissa yeager from the sunlight foundation on the amount of time members of congress spend fundraising and how it affects their official duties. ♪ host: good morning. 2016.friday, april 8, the headlines for today's "washington journal" are about the war of words in the democratic presidential primary, as hillary clinton and bernie sanders had a sharp exchange about each other's qualifications, leaving some in the democratic party worried that the change in tone might hamper efforts to unite the party behind the eventual candidate. the stalemate over the supreme court nominee merrick garland continues, as president obama warned that political polarization puts the judiciary in jeord