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>Backchannel & History

Washington also used his aides - for example, John Laurens , son of the president of the Congress - to communicate to the lawmakers and also occasion to the public. In more recent history the "backchannel," as it is sometimes called , has continued to exist in one form or another. It has sometimes been used by ranking officers to get information to key person in the executive branch rather than members of Congress.