Continued Trump Administration Fallout

[*michaelsean*]

(05-06-2021, 03:47 PM)Dill Wrote: Not sure what you mean here. Senators represent states as opposed to population. 

But equal representation of states is still representation, even if Senators are supposed to be "independent" of judicial or executive control and more "deliberative" than the House. 

But all states do include voters, and those voters elect the Senators, right? 

If Senators don't do what their voters want, they are generally not re-elected, right? 

And given that they represent states with very disparate populations, this means in principle that
on some votes, Senators whose states include a minority of American citizens could win Senate votes,
even if the losing sides states included a majority of the population. 

That would all be as the Framers designed, were it not for 1) the filibuster, which allows an even smaller minority to control
the process, thus preventing the passage of legislation by simple majority vote, and 2) the current situation in which a party places loyalty to person over Constitutional principles, such as the responsibility to oversee the executive.

Can you indicate where this transits from historical-political fact to "echo chamber nonsense." 

I've never been a fan of the filibuster so I have no problem if it's gone.

They represent states, not populations.  Each state gets equal representation.  There is no minority gets the majority.