The most logical and least constitutionally questionable measure to ease members’ fundraising burden would be to substantially raise the limits on campaign contributions. While worrywarts will hyperventilate that this will exacerbate corruption, there is no empirical evidence of this. In fact, comparing states’ contribution limits with the Pew Center on the States rankings, the Center for Competitive Politics found that of the 17 states with high or no limits on contributions, seven scored “above average” for quality of governance. By contrast, of the 16 states with low contribution limits, only three scored “above average.”
Ah, the worrywarts.