“Lawyers make up exactly 40 percent of the newly elected 116th Congress, while the American Bar Association reports that attorneys make up only 0.4 percent of the U.S. population. … But out of all 535 voting members of the House and Senate, only 11 have received professional training as accountants. There are more medical professionals (30) and professional pilots (12) than accountants in Congress. … For the branch of government that wields the power of the purse, you’d think more of its members would have training in budgeting and accounting.”
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