Something smelly in the senate

Rhetorical question; does the world seem much more evil today than in years gone past? It sure seems that way to me. Headlines blast the senses about senators involved in scams, senators in airport bathrooms, senators remodeling homes, senators traveling the world in private jets, senators wishing to 'nationalize' the oil industry, senators who believe that taxpayer's money is their money, senate wrongdoings in buying/selling positions, and even senators who fail to pay taxes. Lumping them all into one tarnished pot is probably not the answer, but the problem continues to grow and when we as citizens are held in contempt by those who are supposedly elected by us, to represent us, then something is terribly wrong. The culture found in the Senate is one that is corrupt and should be washed clean. How we accomplish that is the question of the day. Any suggestions?