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Show host Edwin Newman asks U.S. Representative Dick Cheney (R-WY) what stands in the way of reforming the Congressional staffing system. Rep. Cheney thinks the best way is to let Republicans run the House. There would be no quicker way to get rid of two-thirds of staffs and start anew. That does not guarantee overall success, but why not give Republicans a chance to try? U.S. Senator Dale Bumper (D-AR) states that, given nostalgia of a past that never was, one thing that has changed is the constant campaigning. Even given the six year term of a Senator, there is constant pressure to appeal to special interest groups and to vote in ways that doesn't hurt re-election chances, which takes away from time that needs to be spent actually governing. In that sense, Senators are behaving the same way as the House.