You're missing something in that equation.

WE sent those people to Washington. THEY did what We The People told them to do.

Before you complain about 70 rounds of golf (or cigarette boat trips in Maine, depending on your partisanship), one has to look in the mirror.

Congress didn't force Social Security, Medicare or a $800B military budget on us. WE demanded Social Security in the 30s, Medicare in the 60s and wrote a blank check for the military after 9/11.