An idea whose time has come: (source unknown)

For too long we have been too complacent about the workings of Congress. Many citizens have no idea that members of Congress can retire with the same pay after only one term, they don't pay into Social Security, they specifically exempt themselves from many of the laws they pass (such as being exempt from any fear of prosecution for sexual harassment) while ordinary citizens must live under these laws. The latest is to exempt themselves from the Healthcare Reform that is being considered...in all of its forms.

Somehow, that doesn't seem logical. We do not have an elite that is above the law. I truly don't care if they are Democrat, Republican, Independent or whatever.
The self-serving must stop. This is a good way to do that. It is an idea whose time has come.

Proposed 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution: Congress shall make no law that applies to citizens of the United States that does not apply equally to the Senators and/or Representatives; and, Congress shall make no law that applies to the Senators and/or Representatives that does not apply equally to the citizens of the United States.

You know that Representatives are elected for only a 2 year term - when this was written up, the forefathers figured that no-one would want this job because the representative from his city/village would have to leave his farm/business for a while (definitely considered a hardship then) and travel away from home.

(This accounts for the fact that there are only 2 Senators (six year term) per state compared to the much larger number of representativesat the adoption of the Constitution and is the reason some functions were reserved for the Senate and others for the House. The language of the above proposal may need polishing, but the intent is perfectly clear........-Publius)