We most certainly are NOT a democracy. We are a REPRESENTATIVE REPUBLIC. The word democracy does is not anywhere written in our Constitution. Go check for yourself. Our forefathers DID NOT WANT the US to be a democracy. Gosh, I hate it when people constantly say we are a democracy. Democracy is mob rule!
Unfortunately, members of both the House and Senate are democratically elected. There should be a way to keep this sort of power of the hands of the public (the mob).