I would use straight up sortition rather than voting for congress. Propel people into the job from obscurity, by the time they've learned how to game the system it is time to leave.
Don't we get the same problem? You win the lottery, now you're a senator, and by the way, I have nice brown bag for you.
Don't we get the same problem? You win the lottery, now you're a senator, and by the way, I have nice brown bag for you.