I recently reviewed a short book on fixing our dysfunctional congress. I thought it a book well worth your time and a few dollars.
But today I ran across a website by the author that explains the main thrust of the argument and it is free. The Public Check on Congress website is http://publiccheckoncongress.com/.
You might also want to see the facebook page.
I think we need to fix our dysfunctional Congress. There seem to be several groups with various ideas about how to do this. Look over this one. The Public Check on Congress project seems to get right to the heart of the matter by changing the incentives of the members of Congress.