[Edward.Fish]

FReeper OneWingedShark had a booklet of amendments, one of which was a Senate Reform amendment which I think addresses those problems:

Section I
The seventeenth amendment is hereby repealed.

Section II
The several states may provide by law the means by which their senators may be removed or replaced.

Section III
No person shall be a senator for more than two consecutive terms.

Section IV
All Senators shall be paid by their respective states according to such wages as that State may set; they shall receive no remuneration from the federal government.

[fieldmarshaldj]

You can implement anything you wish, but it’s not going to change the quality or the agenda of those elected. From Democrat states, you’ll have unencumbered Stalinists looting the treasury. From Republican states, you’ll have unencumbered RINO statists looting the treasury. You won’t get any Conservative Senators except by accident, and they’ll be swiftly removed.

[Arthur McGowan]

Why two “consecutive” terms? Why not just “two terms”?