I guess that would raise costs to 6320/435 = 14.5x. At $1.6 million per seat [http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/09/how-much-does-a-house-seat-cost/ htt

I guess that would raise costs to 6320/435 = 14.5x. At $1.6 million per seat [http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/09/how-much-does-a-house-seat-cost/ http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/09/how-much-does-...] you could buy congress for $10.1 billion. The federal budget is about $3800 billion, so... this seems like an attractive price if the congress you buy is willing to steer a few percent of the federal budget into your pocket.