There seems to have been considerable toleration of unethical, immoral, and illegal behavior by members of the Senate and House by other members on both sides of the political aisle over the years. It makes me wonder if any normal, moral, hard-working, law-abiding people go into politics or if they are ALL just a bunch of greedy, me-first, self-serving, egotistical, morally bankrupt walkin' talkin' rectums.
I know I probably have my rose-colored glasses on but, these people are supposed to represent US, not themselves. They all seem motivated first by what's good for them, then by what's good for their particular party, and finally, if they get around to it, what's good for the American people. And sadly, a good bit of the blame lies with us, the voting constituency. We keep voting these jackals back into office.
I think term limits of two terms for both the Senate and House would not be a bad thing. True, it wound reduce the experience level but it might not be a bad price to pay since it would also reduce the impact of the greedy, dishonest, power-hungry, etc, etc. It would also provide an avenue for getting rid of them, even when we, the voters, don't have the guts or common sense to vote them out ourselves.
OK, rant mode off.