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Originally Posted by Clever_Iggy
Changing Article I the Constitution and disrupting the checks and balances of the US government is impossible. So, let's think of other alternatives.
Ultimately, it doesn't matter what system you run - you're going to get corruption - democracy, monarchy, communism, etc... all put power of a country into the hands of a few. Those few are not impurvious to the temptations of greed and corruption.
My solution, apply a term limit on members of Congress similar to the Presidency and Governors. 2 terms of no more than 4 years per. Turn over those that become stale. The opposition to that is that continuity is lost and those that do contribute positively to government would be shut out too early (the same arguments against Presidential terms).
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You wouldn't have to change the constitution, you'd just have to change the rules of the Senate. Ending the filibuster for certain types of legislation is the best example of this. It would make things move so much faster.
Term limits are a bad idea. They'd only lead to a complete lack of experience and expertise in the Senate. Joe Biden, for example, became an expert in foreign affairs while serving in the Senate for 35 years. An expertise that would be impossible to develop in two terms.