Sentience is only as good as the animal in charge of it.
Arrests before the midterms. October surprise at the latest.
Enough Congressmen locked away to warrant elections in almost every state.
Congress of bad actors effectively dissolved; Congress re-elected with good actors.
If a Congressman is missing and can't perform his duties, proceedings still occur without him.
What happens if half of all Congressmen are missing? Over half?
They won't.
The talking points of the day have already been issued.
They'll scramble and pretend to have meaningful insight until this weekend when the 4AM fucknuggets get their pawns back in line.