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Charles Semler's avatar

The Senate should not be under the control of one man. Why do we have 100 Senators , and one man holds all the power. Our government is not working like it is supposed to , and there are no checks and balances. It seems the executive branc , consists of federal courts , the Supreme Court the Senate , the Attorney General ,and the justice Dept. Who's doing the checking and balancing?

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Adam Barnes's avatar

Excellent article! I was taught in civics class that the House representation was based on population, but the Senate representation was equal for each state so that small states would not be under the thumb of large states because they had so little power in the House. At the time the Constitution was written that seemed like a reasonable compromise when forming a federal government from a collection of independent states. I suspect many rural states today would say that it is still important, but clearly the Senate is primarily functioning as a tool for the wealthy to hold onto power which I see as a much bigger problem than the rural/urban divide.

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