Reply #18: This is, seriously...

[SDuderstadt]

one of the dumbest ideas ever to be floated here.

You would bar Bernie Sanders or Pat Leahy from ever again holding public office? That's almost as poorly thought through as dismissing the entire Congress, leaving us with none until the next election, thus ensuring an indefinite period of time in which necessary oversight could not be conducted, critical legislation would have no way of being enacted and it would ensure that the "new" Congress would consist entirely of people with no federal legislative experience whatsoever, except for those former members of Congress who weren't currently serving. You would also be removing the individual 2nd in line to succeed the President should something happen to him.

At first, I thought your proposal was meant as a joke. Unfortunately, I now realize you are serious.