Quote Originally Posted by attaboy View Post
The US has so much influence worldwide. The country doles out so much aid that nations lobby at Congress to be heard. In a sense it is a world congress.
You gotta be kidding me.

View this PDF:

http://shelby.senate.gov/legislation/ForeignAid.pdf

Look at CRS-14.

Isn't it odd that one small country of 6 million gets such a disproportionate share of total U.S. foreign aid?

The proper way for a nation to lobby the United States is through diplomacy and treaties.