"During the 2010 midterm elections, congressional candidates were quick to tout their outsider credentials to prospective voters. Now that they're in office, though, multiple Republican freshmen are making a point of sticking closely to party lines.
Politico reports that freshmen lawmakers have minimized their profile in Congress, rarely speaking on the floor and proposing scant legislation. In addition, several Republican freshmen have also drawn from Washington, D.C.'s lobbying community to fill out their staffs."
http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2011/02/opensecrets-blogs-politiquizz-2-14-2011.html
Keeping promises made to the people before election day by the eventual winners is definitely a voting rights issue.
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