Senators and Representatives end up having to spend half of their term campaigning rather than legislating. Allowing Congress to have two years for work and one for campaigning will allow for a more effective Congress. Semi-related, the 17th Amendment should be repealed and the election of Senators should return to the legislatures and governors of the states. These United States are a federation of states, not a singular, unitary entity. The purpose of the Senate is to represent the interests of the many states before the Federal Government just as ambassadors represent the interests of a country in the United Nations. The House of Representatives is designed to represent the private individual. The Senate was designed to represent the state government.
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