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(36,745 posts)The early US Senate operated on a simple majority.
madville
(7,410 posts)People didnt vote to elect Senators, the state legislatures appointed them.
roamer65
(36,745 posts)LakeArenal
(28,817 posts)Folks right here on DU said things like:
You voted for them. You get what you deserve.
WI told you, They will come for you next!
So, now that they have come for the rest of you...Is this what you deserve?
roamer65
(36,745 posts)We would have better representation under a parliamentary system and have more money in our pockets.
CrispyQ
(36,461 posts)Walleye
(31,017 posts)Claire Oh Nette
(2,636 posts)Republican Senator is the easiest job in the world. Bloviate, and then vote no.
The disparity between California's representation and Nebraska, North and South Dakota, Wyoming, Alaska, Vermont, Delaware, Rhode Island, Montana, Maine, New Hampshire, Hawaii, Idaho, and West Virginia is breathtaking.
It's time to expand for equitable representation, and to take back the Supreme Court. I like the Wyoming plan for its simplicity, and I'm in favor of one Supreme for each of the 13 federal districts.
https://www.fairvote.org/how_we_can_change_the_size_of_the_house_of_representatives
madville
(7,410 posts)Its plainly laid out in the Constitution, and we know no one side will have the political clout to change the makeup of the Senate via changing the Constitution in any of our lifetimes.
People can fuss about it all day but it wont change the fact that the Senate is not intended to represent the people, it was created to provide representation for the States, recognizing them each as equal entities. They werent going to convince the colonies to all come together without the states having equal power in a body like the Senate.
SoonerPride
(12,286 posts)madville
(7,410 posts)And youre right back where you started .
RANDYWILDMAN
(2,672 posts)The senate is broken !
34 million more people have spoken and have not been heard !!!
madville
(7,410 posts)The Senate was never intended to provide equal representation to the people (thats what the House is for), it was specifically designed to provide equal representation to the States.
Wounded Bear
(58,648 posts)LiberalFighter
(50,912 posts)It already gives the minority too much power.
roamer65
(36,745 posts)Under the present constitutional arrangement, we cant have both. It is presently a republic, not a democracy.
Its one or the other.
Uncle Joe
(58,355 posts)The filibuster primarily serves to allow them to hide from the people that they're supposed to represent.
Those 52 Senators didn't want to give up some of their power to the American People for democracy's sake.
Thanks for the thread pbmus.