Our nation has had enough of the partisan "ethics" of Congress. I would like to suggest that Congress adopt a rule that:
The ethics committee membership shall be limited to representatives whose margin of victory in the last election was in the 10 percent closest races.
This will restore the proper counterpoise that is currently lacking from the ethics process. After all, if one doesn't have to worry about the voters back home getting upset with partisan bickering, there will be no end to the bickering (as has been seen with McDermott on the committee). One might further consider adding a provision where by petitions to the ethics committee must be from those in the 10% closest races for the same reason as those above.
This policy will redirect the politics of Congress towards the constitutionally elegant counterpoise of natural checks and balances by allowing voters to provide a direct check and balance on the political process to keep it from becoming overly partisan. Our Congress can then return to focus upon the nation's business rather than the business of politics.
In my opinion, it is a sad reflection on the contemporary politician's understanding of the reason for our constitution and its checks and balances that such a system hasn't yet been put in place long ago.