Every senator, every representative is bought and paid for, every last one of them. If they are newly elected, it takes less than a week for them to be corrupted (if they weren't corrupt when they got there, highly likely). They don't get rich on $175K. They get rich from being bought and paid for. They get rich from insider trading. The longer they're there, the more corrupt they become. They become slaves of the people paid for them.
We need term limits badly. We need laws that prevent these people from accepting money from these groups. We need laws that are enforced with serious consequences to include prison time for those on the take. This government is no longer by the people, for the people. Policy is dictated my global corporations and foreign governments.
I personally belive it's beyond repair.