In order for someone to go into a high class position in Congress, one needs to go from the "bottom-up". For example, one may first be a mayor of their city before actually running for Senator of State. Famous Senator- Bernardo Sanders became a political activist (even was teaching young adults sit-ins in University of Chicago), then became the mayor Berlington, Vermont. There after he became a Senator of Vermont and finally is running for presidential campaign in the year 2016.