• 3volver@lemmy.worldOP
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    1 year ago

    The Senate isn’t intended to be a representative body

    Both the house and senate vote to pass bills. The disproportionate population increases have led to less representation of citizens in more populated states.

    • AFK BRB Chocolate@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      But the original states didn’t have balanced populations, the founders knew that, but they still set it to be two senators per state. The house is scaled by population.