I think the two biggest problems are: 1. corruption in politics. (Revolving door, lobbyists, etc.. -- which creates the two problems you mentioned above). See:

I think the two biggest problems are: 1. corruption in politics. (Revolving door, lobbyists, etc.. -- which creates the two problems you mentioned above). See: https://represent.us https://represent.us for examples. This should be a bi-partisan issue. 2. Two party system (fueled by the above), but if congress was partially filled by party preference we'd see a wider view. For example say a state gets 20 reps, well 10 of those are voted in, 10 are party preference (5% of vote or more). So say green party gets 20%, Libertarian 10%, Democrat 40%, GOP 30%. Green: 2, Libertarian: 1, Dem: 4, GOP: 3. Also moving to ranked choice voting would be nice. Not sure how the dynamics of the senate could be changed, except maybe instead of states we just cut the country into equal-sized geometric shapes and each 'shape' gets a senator. I also believe the house should be expanded per the constitution that calls for about 2500 based on current population. (1 per 100,000 pop). It'd make more jobs and give more people voices as well. Term limits would help too, maybe not permanent ones but make it so you can only be senator/congressman 1 term back-to-back. This also makes it so you're never 'campaigning' while 'working'. You'd sit out 4 years, then you could rotate back in (if you win). Supreme Court should also have term limits, and a dynamic #. Say each president coming in gets to pick 1-2 justices (to get an odd number, say one dies in October, and isn't replaced by inauguration...), each justice serves 10 years and then is up for re-election. I also think the house should pick 'contenders', then all of congress and the senate vote (by ranked choice), maybe the president's vote counts as 50, giving him a 'weighted' decision, but still there's more representation in the vote. If we could redo the constitution, these would be some things to make it more fair. imho.