Apologies if any of this is familiar to you already... The Senate was originally formed for exactly that purpose. It provides equal representation to every sta

Apologies if any of this is familiar to you already... The Senate was originally formed for exactly that purpose. It provides equal representation to every state. The House, on the other hand, has representation based on population. Bills must pass both the House and the Senate before being signed as law by the President. Additionally, Senators were originally elected by state legislators, not the general populous. This, in addition to being equal representation, gave each state government direct influence at the federal level. This practice was ended in 1913 with the seventeenth amendment. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventeenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventeenth_Amendment_to_the_U... Now, economically, there's plenty of single-workplace towns which have been devastated by companies leaving. However, any blame is typically placed directly on the company, rather than any governmental-level entities.