Between one election and the next, members of Congress introduce thousands of bills. What determines which become law? Is it the public? Do we have government of the people, by the people, for the people? Or is it those who have the resources to organize and pressure government who get what they want? In the first study ever of a random sample of policy proposals, Paul Burstein finds that the public can get what it wants but mainly on the few issues that attract its attention. Does this mean organized interests get what they want? Not necessarily on most issues there is so little political...