[RKV]

Got a link to prove that? ("Then a vast number of their constituents are also contributers.") And I guarantee, anything less than big bucks won't get you a call back from a politician. How do I know? My cousin was a state senator in California (in fact, president pro tem of the state senate). I have heard the details of how this works since I was a child.

[Rokke]

"Got a link to prove that?"

Yeah. It's at the same site for the link that proves your statement that Senators voted based on the desires of their contributers.

"And I guarantee, anything less than big bucks won't get you a call back from a politician."

Really?!?! You mean, if I call my Senator and ask him to return my call, he won't call me back right away? What the heck is up with that! I thought they just sat around all day waiting to chat with their millions of constituents. That makes it even harder to understand why all these sitting Congressmen enjoy such high approval ratings.