The 40 Repub Seanators who have shut Congress down represent only 11% of the population... ~ quote

Actually if you do the arithmatic, you come out with 50.3%.

AL 4.662
AK 0.686
AZ 6.5
FL 18.328
GA 9.685
ID 1.523
IN 6.376
IA 3.002
KS 2.802
KY 4.269
LA 4.41
ME 1.316
MS 2.938
MO 5.911
NE 1.783
NV 2.6
NH 1.315
NC 9.222
OH 11.485
OK 3.642
PA 12.448
SC 4.479
SD 0.804
TN 6.214
TX 24.326
UT 2.736
WY 0.532

TOTAL 153.994
US POP 305.986

% 0.503271392 or 50.3% of the US population is represented by at least 1 Republican Senator. That is a long way from the 11% stated above.

{this is pre- Scott Brown and Arlen Spector #s, gleaned from Web}