Congress in the crossfire

Question: How does the US Congress, as it exists in its current structure, support or limit authentic representation?

Honestly...... Congress is a mess. I'm just waiting for them to break out in democrats vs republicans wresseling match to determine the vote on a bill. There is so much party seperatisim that nothing is getting done. The budget for 2011?.........Not done, IT IS MARCH!!!!!! We are on the verge of a government shut down because these people can't or won't work together.
My solution....more parties. Our country was not always a two or three party system. There were many different parties. Maybe if there were more we wouldn't have this dividing line the house and congress that was ripping our country apart.

My other solution.....NEW PEOPLE!!! We keep voting for the same kind of people to represent us and the same thing keeps happening and we wonder why. America is like a little kid sticking their hand on a hot stove agian and agian wondering why they keep getting burned. Duhhh.......
Congress can be great, but instead they choose to bicker at each other and help the wealthly and failing businesses veruses helping the average Joe get back on his feet.
Isn't the phrase "FOR the people, by the people"
People need to be in Congress because they want to change the country for the better not because they want to sit on their ass and see how much BS the public will take before they kick them out.