i'm now inclined to believe...
Jul. 30th, 2006 02:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
acroyear...that though the problems of Senatorial life-long membership in the late 1800s were real, the 17th Amendment was not the best solution. The senate today no longer represents the states and creates a forum where the states can argue their cases. The senate is just another body representing the people, almost redundant to the House.
A senator can not accurately reflect the true concerns of his state's government if he is not of the same party and mind. Today, when a state goverment has a grievance with the federal level, rather than have their appointed senator bring the issue up, they have to personally appear before the HOUSE to get the ball rolling. This is not how it was designed.
A senator can not accurately reflect the true concerns of his state's government if he is not of the same party and mind. Today, when a state goverment has a grievance with the federal level, rather than have their appointed senator bring the issue up, they have to personally appear before the HOUSE to get the ball rolling. This is not how it was designed.
