So the genius of the Senate is that it doesn't matter what wacky things Senators believe (and Senators tend to be much more reasonable than reps, who are really

So the genius of the Senate is that it doesn't matter what wacky things Senators believe (and Senators tend to be much more reasonable than reps, who are really wacky due to them representing smaller constituencies). The Senate is there merely to oppose popular legislation introduced in the house, because the Senate, by itself, can't force any legislation through. For example: When Obama had a majority in house + Senate (only for 2 years), there was very strong pressure for medicare for all or a medicare option, and it was blocked in the senate. He only got the half-a-loaf solution that is the current ACA through the Senate. When Trump had a majority in the house + Senate (only for 2 years), there was very strong pressure to repeal ACA entirely, and ACA repeal passed the house, but was filibustered in the Senate (John McCain was the lone holdout in the GOP). If not for the Filibuster, ACA would have been repealed. Thus the Senate allowed and then kept the half-a-loaf solution even though one side wanted to eliminate it and the other side wanted to push it much farther and both sides had the popular majority in the house, Senate and the Presidency, but they were still thwarted by the Senate, since they didn't achieve the supermajority needed. But CA is now rolling out universal healthcare, so the point here is that in a Federal system like ours, if you don't get the supermajority, you do things at the state level, which is how things are supposed to work. We can have some states with very comprehensive social safety nets and some states with barebones protections and lower taxes, and people can choose where to live and how much they pay in exchange for higher service levels.