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Representatives who agree and senators who agree or we are powerless. >> that's exactly right. look. they talked about all these amazing things they were going to do and forgot the man in the middle. the man in the middle is congress. the most dysfunctional institution in our federal government right now. that institution is going to block all of these changes because it's not free to lead. that institution bends over backwards to make sure its funders are happy. they don't want to talk about it because they realize this is an impossibly difficult problem. it's not just the funding. the other ...

It provides for a balance of power, and it does slow things down, but it's also guaranteed a stability and an ability for the united states to thrive ever since it went into effect. >> there is one phrase, aisha, that comes up in constitutional arguments frequently. professor sideman writes, quote, the idea that the framers what, would the framers have done? that's a frequent question. is it counterproductive to run the government on what a lot of folks might have thought some 250 yearsing. >> reporter: >> no. we certainly don't need to get rid of the constitution. what we actually need to do ...

Corporations can get as well. >> make elections more competitive. i'm for the against line. i want to be able to toss both parties. break the gerrymandering system that ensures 90% of the seats are safe. the primary system largely difficult to overcome, especially if you're a member of party leadership. how do you deal with this? >> the simplest thing to do is mandate nonpart season systems for designing districts. right now it's a very high percentage. 80% to 90% who have the safe seats. that means they don't have to worry about what the constituents want, because they're never going to be ch...