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07-22-2010, 02:45 PM
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Re: For JTF's Reading Pleasure: "What is the Tea Party"
The extra layer was originally there to have the Senate as a more powerful check on the House and on the Presidency, both elected by majority. However with states legislatures (elected from smaller more localized districts) appointing Senators it provides a powerful check to the "will of the majority". Appointment by state legislatures also reduces the power of the national party machines who influence senatorial elections.
Virginia is a perfect example. The two current state senators, elected by majority vote (strongest in Richmond/NoVA), are Democrats. However the VA state legislature is solidly Republican and IMO much more reflective of the entirety of the state. Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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