The article How to Make Congress Work Better for the American People in Time on Dec 1st 2020,mentions that every few decades,Congress comes to the realization that it needs to fix itself.For the last 50 years,whether due to an imminent crisis or a slow deterioration,special reform committees have been established to deliver reforms on everything from committee operations to congressional ethics.These committees were tasked to diagnose the problems facing the legislative branch and prescribe solutions to make congress more effective.Some ideas worked,some didn’t,and others were put on the shelf and only utilized years later.

最新一期的美國《時代》周刊題為《怎樣才能使國會更好地為美國民眾服務(wù)》的文章提到，每過幾十年，國會就會逐漸意識到它自己需要修理了。無論是面對迫在眉睫的危機也好，還是自身功能的慢慢退化，都要建立專門的改革委員會來對下至委員會的運作和上至國會的行為準則進行徹底的改革。這些委員會就是要對立法機構(gòu)進行“把脈”，并就如何使國會高效運轉(zhuǎn)起來開出“藥方”。所開之“藥”，有的藥到病除，有的病情依舊，還有一些被束之高閣，數(shù)年后才得以施用。