Apparently people are not feeling like they are being accurately represented by their "ELECTED" representatives and they are doing a suc arse job regardless. These criminals should have fear, for all of the corruption and criminality that they have propagated.

However not all 100% of the situation is their fault. A good portion of the responsibility rests squarely on the shoulders of the average voter, which have allowed these criminals to continue unabated for generations by not paying attention, not caring and not participating.

So by their own actions (or inactions, rather) they have cost the American taxpayer $26.75 million over the course of two years! Because the American public is fed (no pun intended) up with their lousy, self serving form of governing, lying, corruption and out right criminality.

535 (# of Congress Critters) x $50k = $26,750,000

Sauce:

https://politicalvelcraft.org/2018/06/16/government-politicians-say-they-live-in-fear-as-threats-against-deep-state-congress-increase/