Alas, Congress has not given up its penchant for passing redundant and useless laws.
Congressmen know better than to vote against their own sustenance.
Without a federal state to manipulate in order to keep their posteriors in the leather chairs of the Capitol, our representatives would have to find meaningful employment. And most of them aren't up to it. Congressmen and Senators don't have a great deal of actual power over the federal state. Previous legislators have seen fit to hand military powers to the president, regulatory powers to the bureaucrats, and social policy to the judges. Congress does vote on bills and pass bad laws, but it does not set the agenda for government any more.