United States | News & Politics

7212 readers

659 users here now

founded 4 years ago

MODERATORS

pangyuehung@lemmy.ml

yogthos@lemmy.ml

124

Study: Congress literally doesn’t care what you think. The preferences of the average American appear to have only a miniscule, near-zero, statistically non-significant impact upon public policy. (act.represent.us)

submitted 4 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/usa@lemmy.ml

15 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] delirious_owl@discuss.online 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

This is why lobbying is so important. Donate to EFF, ACLU, snd other NGOs thst affect change with staff including lawyers and lobbyists

[–] Dempf@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 months ago

CCL is another good one that gets a lot done on not a huge budget. Let's just say the fossil fuel lobbyists are way better funded than us. (Donations here, though donating time arguably helps even more, and CCL will train you how to lobby Congress)