[noir_lord]

Because he has congress by the balls.

[jerf]

Impossible... Congress has no balls.

To make this more than mere snark, seriously, committees of the size of Congress are nearly entirely structurally incapable of taking serious stands of this nature. That's not sarcasm, it's a real structural problem with committees, and despite how we often refer to it in humor, it's a fully real thing, not a joke. This is why the US still needs an executive branch, which is structured in such a way that it can take a stand, potentially very quickly.

[rooster8]

I thought OP was implying that he had dirt on anyone who would try to reprimand him. Everyone hesitates in a surveillance state.

[noir_lord]

That is exactly what I was implying maybe it was unclear.

You don't need dirt on all of congress (though I wouldn't be surprised if they had it on most of them) just key players committee leaders etc.

Hell the stuff doesn't even have to be illegal to be useful, illicit affairs have brought down presidents before.

[talmand]

For all the size of both houses of US Congress, they are essentially run by a handful of people.