One of the first pieces of legislation my congressman introduced was to require 21 days per month be spent in their home districts. It was allowed to die the slow death of inaction.
As long as El Presidente and his commissars can make up or do away with laws as they wish, it may not be wise to leave them home alone. I know it is not as if Congress provides much adult supervision, but there is no telling the sort of extra tyranny we could expect if Congress left the rat government to itself three weeks out of four.