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Elizabeth Warren says ‘government has been bought and paid for’ by big business. Political scientists say she’s got a point.

“Our government has been bought and paid for by a bunch of billionaires and giant corporations that think they get to dictate the rules that affect everyone,” she wrote in an email to supporters.

"Tax loopholes. Prescription drug pricing. Financial rules. Environmental protection. These companies define policies that are great for their bottom line, while good, honest people who work hard get squeezed harder every year. It's corruption, pure and simple."

Progressive lawmakers such as Warren and Sen. Bernie Sanders , I-Vt., have long been critical of the relationship between members of Congress and the business interests who lobby them.