REPEAl the 17th AMENDMENT. It would change everything.
I agree.
They should also change the house so that each member represents abound 250K people. With today’s technology there is no reason for them to be limited by the size of the capital building. Or build a stadium sized structure for when they have to meet.
The House Rep.s should have to spend most of their time living among the people they represent.
We would actually have a functional congress if we reformed the Senate and the House.
Since the first purpose of an elected politician is reelection, our reps and senators happily punt their enhanced and formerly state powers to the executive branch. This relieves them of responsibility and casting votes that could cost them their next election.
The 17A is thus responsible for the folding of all power into the executive branch and into the hands of one man. It is amazing nearly a hundred years had to pass before the appearance of an Obama.
Being a true radical who kept his promise to fundamentally transform America, I cannot envision Obama risking his nefarious accomplishments on the election of a non-radical in 2016. Obama knows there is an undercurrent of unrest and resistance; he is willing to do what it takes to secure his tyranny.
Article V while we can.