And what exactly did you have in mind?
I called Dole's office when this thing first went through. I said I was against it. The phone-person took my information, and said the phones were ringing off the hook. Everyone was against it. As I recall, Dole himself said that the calls were coming in something like 2,000 to one against him voting for it.
He voted for it.
I started saving on my phone bill after that. I live in a fairly windy area. If I want to, it's no effort to step outside and aim into the wind before unzipping my fly. But, I don't want to -- so I don't step outside, and I don't do the equivalent with "my" people in Congress.
So tell me, how do we "make sure it dies in congress"? It's not like I can tell them I'll turn off the money valve, since I'm not currently "contributing" beaucoup thousands of dollars. So why should they listen to me, when there's no percentage in it? Short answer: they won't. They figure they own our votes, and they perform as directed for those who own them (the ones who "donate" the real money), and so it goes.