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Live chat: Today at 12 p.m. ET

Have questions about worker mistreatment and the billions of dollars it costs us? Ask the reporters at 12 p.m. eastern time on Thursday, Sept. 11. You can participate by tweeting a question with the hashtag #ContractToCheat or by posting a question in the chat window below once the event has started. The reporters will answer your questions, including:

How do I know if I'm a misclassified worker?

Is the practice happening in my state? How prevalent is this in my area compared to other parts of the country?

Who benefits the most?

Who's really to blame for all this?

Why hasn't Washington stopped this?

Congress

’I’m not a softy by any means,’ Clyburn says as he prepares to help lead Democrats

Rep. Jim Clyburn is out to not only lead Democrats as majority whip, but to prove himself amidst rumblings that he didn’t do enough the last time he had the job.