[ducttape45]

So much for representing the constituents that put them in office

I don't know if anyone in Congress represents their constituents the way they're supposed to, except for a few exceptions. If I ever elected as a congress critter, I'd find some way of polling the area I represented and finding how they wanted me to vote, then do so as the majority wanted. I'd just make sure the area was solidly conservative!

[BradyLS]

Johnson’s quote just proves that the needs of the constituents don’t even merit consideration.

[Leaning Right]

> I don’t know if anyone in Congress represents their constituents the way they’re supposed to… <

Part of the problem is that each House representative now represents roughly 760,000 constituents. Back in 1793 that number was roughly 34,000.

It takes money to get your campaign messages out to 760,000 people. So now collecting huge political donations is their Job 1. I really don’t see how this can be fixed.