> I'm not sure why you're limiting your number to professionals. Because pretty much every one in Congress has a professional background? I guess this begs the

> I'm not sure why you're limiting your number to professionals. Because pretty much every one in Congress has a professional background? I guess this begs the question whether Congress should be more representative of the population as a whole. To take a (perhaps?) extreme example -- if 6 percent of Americans are high school drop-outs, should 6% of our lawmakers be as well?