One suggestion that I've heard, based on a lot of research, is to give Congress more relative power by having more closed door committees and committee votes.
The problem being if Congressional activities are too transparent, then the power shifts to whomever can lobby the best, which often means who can best track the behaviors and intimidate people into behaving certain ways. While citizens can view more with transparency, we often don't, and the richest companies and orgs do.
I've tried to loop in James to shed more on the research behind it but it's at congressionalresearch.org
The problem being if Congressional activities are too transparent, then the power shifts to whomever can lobby the best, which often means who can best track the behaviors and intimidate people into behaving certain ways. While citizens can view more with transparency, we often don't, and the richest companies and orgs do.
I've tried to loop in James to shed more on the research behind it but it's at congressionalresearch.org