Sheldon
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- Apr 2, 2010
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Then why have a house and a senate? Sence their both elected by the people what is the difference between them? Election terms? Constitutional duties? That can easily be remedied by one body.
The upper chamber is still important. There's a reason people say the Senate is where bills go to die. Even with segmented direct elections, it's still the more deliberative body between the two and serves as a valuable check against the House's whims, and provides the opportunity for the parties to split power like we have now.