Why does Congress listen to special interests more than voters? It's more than money.Yesterday I made a rather smart-alecky comment:"If donors are paying Senator Bill Frist $193,105 and the American tax-payers are paying him $175,700, it's not quite clear who he's working for." But really, that's not such a big difference. That's less than $20,000. And for many members of Congress, the difference is probably much less. So why do members of Congress by and large listen to special interest groups more than they listen to voters? It's because special interest groups, unlike voters, have a clear message about
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