i believe that the ‘freely’ elected members of congress are no longer free to decide. the ring of lobbyists with their multifarious interests constricts and influences the congress and its democratically elected members, placing them under pressure and forcing them into disharmony, even when framing and deciding the content of laws. consequently, congress is no longer sovoreign in its decisions. it is steered by the banks and giant corporations – which are not subject to democratic control. are the congress men still sufficiently free to make a decision that would bring radical democratic constraint? or is our freedom now no more than a stock market profit?