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Overseeing elections is not an enumerated power of the federal government in the Constitution. Therefore oversight of elections under the Constitution is a duty of the states and the people (10th Amendment).

Hmmm...well operating a postal system is an enumerated power, Article I, Section 8, Clause 7. No where in the Federalist Papers did any federalist propose that the federal postal system be used to conduct elections, yet it is. So, Congress can regulate that. When tangible things like ballots, people, and data cross state or international boundaries, that is a federal matter. Why do we have an FBI if it can't prosecute election fraud that crosses state and national lines? Congress certainly has a role to play, but choose not to act.

The Constitution gives the House of Representatives no power to “clean up elections.” The House can investigate but it cannot compel action without passing a law. A bill to create a new law can originate in the House but the Senate has to also pass it, and the president must sign it to become law. Then under the Constitution it is the president’s job to execute the requirements of the law. Unfortunately presidents don’t always enforce the law (look at our immigration system).

The U.S. House of Representatives holds the power of the purse. It alone can stop all further government funding and shut down the federal government. That gives it tremendous power to force changes, if it wishes to use that power. The truth is that the Congress does not care to act, in large part because many, if not most, members of Congress understand that systemic election fraud can be used to oust them if they offend the powerful and the government is illegitimate.

The remedy under the Constitution for a president not endorsing the laws of the land is impeachment by the House of Representatives, followed by expulsion by the Senate.

When the elections are rigged and the government becomes illegitimate, the constitution ceases to work as intended. The 2A was ratified for just such problems.