1. Most congresspersons don't even read what they are voting on.
2. Most congresspersons don't even write the bills that have their name on them, most of that work being done by staffers in collusion with K-street or the MICC.
3. If a congressperson reads it and doesn't like it, K-street/MICC is likely to put real pressure on them to change their stance. If they are a freshman in any way they will be threatened with all kinds of isolation in future if the bill is important enough.
4. When it comes to intelligence level stuff, many of them will be told in executive session about dubious national security reasoning, designed to cow them.
5. The people who fund their campaign cycles will be used to threaten their position.
6. If all of the above fail, it' is possible some form that Epstein -alike blackmail or bribery operations (that probably already got said congressperson in the past) will be subtly mentioned.
Only an extremely rare minority have the guts to stand up to any single instance of the above, much less all of the above. Congress doesn't represent it's constituents, it just pretends it does to get elected. Ever try to get a meeting with one? Unless you just donated 5k+, good luck.
The worst of the tactics are deployed rarely and only for the most "important" bills, and only against the more powerful positions. For example: on October 2, 2001, the patriot act is introduced. It is opposed by senators Tom Daschle and Patrick Leahy. They both come out publicly against the bill October 6th. Sometime shortly after, anthrax letters were mailed to them both, being the most deadly version of anthrax thus far sent... by October 25th, only one person voted nay against the patriot act...
1. Most congresspersons don't even read what they are voting on.
2. Most congresspersons don't even write the bills that have their name on them, most of that work being done by staffers in collusion with K-street or the MICC.
3. If a congressperson reads it and doesn't like it, K-street/MICC is likely to put real pressure on them to change their stance. If they are a freshman in any way they will be threatened with all kinds of isolation in future if the bill is important enough.
4. When it comes to intelligence level stuff, many of them will be told in executive session about dubious national security reasoning, designed to cow them.
5. The people who fund their campaign cycles will be used to threaten their position.
6. If all of the above fail, it' is possible some form that Epstein -alike blackmail or bribery operations (that probably already got said congressperson in the past) will be subtly mentioned.
Only an extremely rare minority have the guts to stand up to any single instance of the above, much less all of the above. Congress doesn't represent it's constituents, it just pretends it does to get elected. Ever try to get a meeting with one? Unless you just donated 5k+, good luck.
The worst of the tactics are deployed rarely and only for the most "important" bills, and only against the more powerful positions. For example: on October 2, 2001, the patriot act is introduced. It is opposed by senators Tom Daschle and Patrick Leahy. They both come out publicly against the bill October 6th. Sometime shortly after, anthrax letters were mailed to them both, being the most deadly version of anthrax thus far sent... by October 25th, only one person voted nay against the patriot act...