You must be a troll. What the fuck good is taking the issue to your local congress person going to do? The majority of voters wanted the public option and made this know and what happened? The US government is owned by the rich corporations and has been for years. The "rules" they lay down for us to follow are just so many rat mazes that lead no where but let the naive feel like they're doing something meaningful.

You incorrectly assume that I recognize the legitimacy of their system.

Even if I did, do you want to know what issues I couldn't have taken care of by those people? Nearly anything that has industry lobbying behind it. They don't give a shit about individual "citizens", why should they?