The problem's not transparency in representative gov't, but representative gov't itself. In an age where we trust technology to do telephone banking most of the non-crisis decisions representatives make could be made by direct democracy. Representative gov't is anachronistic, and as power corrupts, so we delegate our power, as free and equal people to individuals who often represent special interests or their own interest at our peril. Jefferson said ~"I know of no better repository for the power of a free nation than with the people, and if we deem the people too ignorant to make the decisions, then the solution lies not in taking the power from them, but in educating them." If that isn't an exact quote, credit me instead. In Jefferson's day making decisions required lengthy travel by horse or buggy to assemble. We can do that by phone now, simply keying in your PIN then following voicemail prompts to record your vote. We'd still need rep's to draft questions, & watchdog the system.