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Definitely expand the house, but we should abolish the Senate. It serves no purpose except tyranny of the minority and gridlock.
by candiddevmike 5y ago
Definitely expand the house, but we should abolish the Senate. It serves no purpose except tyranny of the minority and gridlock.
- Clubber 5y agoThe senate is supposed to represent the state governments at the federal level, but they stopped doing that with direct elections. It was to prevent large states with a concentration of population (currently like CA, NY, TX, FL) to have too much power over smaller states. Here's some background on the arguments for and against. It's got some partisan hyperbole so try to ignore all that. https://www.theusconstitution.org/news/the-17th-amendment-under-attack/ https://www.theusconstitution.org/news/the-17th-amendment-un...
- ashtonkem 5y agoHonestly, I don’t really care too much about representing the states per se. It’s the people of the nation that the federal government should respond to, not the divisions.