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The question is where the impetus for change will come from, because poor people are virtually invisible to the U.S. Senate. When I was teaching about Congress in my class on American politics, I emphasized the background characteristics of U. S. senators. They are disproportionately wealthy and represent, economically, only a narrow slice of the population. This, combined with the fact that the constituents that they see as most relevant, those in the best position to affect their tenures in office, are also disproportionately wealthy, leads to a serious imbalance of power. Too few people have too much wealth, power, and access, and too many people have too little.

Senator Paul Wellstone. The Conscience of a Liberal: Reclaiming the Compassionate Agenda. Random House. © 2001.