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>Couldn’t it also work by guaranteeing each state X seats and then the rest Y seats are set according to census data on population? Yes. If you call the "X" c
by dogleash 11mo ago
>Couldn’t it also work by guaranteeing each state X seats and then the rest Y seats are set according to census data on population?
Yes. If you call the "X" club the Senate and the "Y" club the House of Representatives, this is exactly how our bicameral legislature works.
edit: Their votes count for passage in their chamber, not equally weighted against eachother. If you mean Y seats equal seats by population but with a minimum X, then that's how the House works. Any proposal to make the senate proportional starts to ask why we're not unicameral because then you basically have 2x house of reps but with different voting district sizes.
- Y-bar 11mo agoPoint is, they would not have different roles, but instead work as a single house which votes on issues and laws and then delegates the result to the executive branch. No dual ”clubs” or houses with separate votes or separate elections. This is how my country works.
- pwg 11mo agoPart of the point of the split when the US Congress was designed was to intentionally make it difficult for bills to pass, because they had to pass votes in two independent houses, that (presumably) were focused on differing agendas. This inherent difficulty was the intended outcome to try to assure that only bills which had strong support overall from different perspectives and viewpoints would make it through the double gauntlet.
- hnburnsy 11mo agoPlus the separation of powers, which is nice and brilliant... House ----- Impeach Purse Break Electoral Tie for President Senate ----- Try the impeachment Break Electoral Tie for Vice President Ratify treaties Confirm executive appointments