The Case for an e-Congress: Who Says Proximity Ensures Good Governance?

Spared an attack on 9/11 by the passengers of United Airlines Flight 93, a justifiably spooked Congress held hearings less than a year later to address how it might conduct business if its members were unable to meet at the Capitol. Would an e-Congress be a viable alternative? That very question upset Donald R. Wolfensberger, an expert on Congress who warned against it. "Building a computer system on which members could not only access floor or committee debates but actually vote on pending questions, will lead to what I call a reverse 'Field of Dreams' scenario," he testified. Rather than, ...

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