Kent Conrad, Senator for half a Congressional District

He is 104 times the representative for his voters than Babs Boxer in California. So the half district he represents decided the other 299,900,000 Americans should not be allowed to see the Senate budget:

Senate Democrats decided Thursday not to release their spending plan to counter the budget blueprint approved last month by House Republicans, saying they will wait to see whether talks at the White House produce a compromise plan for reining in the national debt.WA Post

This is not even close to democracy, North Dakata should not even be a state. North Dakota charges California and New York tax payers a 68 cent bonus for each tax dollar, just to cooperate in governance.  California and New York taxpayers should refuse all federal taxes until we get fair representation.