Usually, there is no formal agreement, but gifts are still effective:
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/05/02/how-much-buy-congressional-vote-new-research-seeks-answer
Bottom line, in 2017 each $1000 in gifts swings odds of a vote in your favor by up to 24%
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/05/02/how-much-buy-congressional-vote-new-research-seeks-answer
Bottom line, in 2017 each $1000 in gifts swings odds of a vote in your favor by up to 24%
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Only 1000$ sounds cheap as hell... Hell sounds like I have enough money right now to legalize marijuana single handedly :)
Still if its **that** cheap, that sounds like almost anyone who is reasaonbaly financially secure could buy the whole countries vote on any issue...
Don't forget the other side is also spending money on the opposite influence.
But Federal drug prohibition is unconstitutional (without a new prohibition amendment) - and states are successfully nullifying the federal statues. Hopefully, some states will continue to prohibit it. It was a shame when the last dry state legalized alcohol - and addicts no longer had a legally enforced refuge (other than holing up in a recovery center).
Also, mix of wet and dry states made for colorful situations on the borders. https://www.sobpedro.com/