U.S. Public Needs and Wants Mean Essentially Nothing in Congress

If you’re looking for more evidence that public opinion and law-making have identically zero to do with one other, here’s a case in point: Bernie Sanders is the most popular senator in the U.S. Congress, and Mitch McConnell is the least.  But check out Mitch’s voting record, and you’ll see that he’s gotten pretty much everything he’s asked for recently.

Of many examples we could name, take the approval of climate denier and avowed EPA opponent Scott Pruitt to run the EPA.  What percentage of Americans want environmental restrictions removed and the EPA effectively dismantled?  Damn few.