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To: neverdem

This has been something that’s irritated me for a while now. There’s no need for a bicameral federal legislature if they’re representing the same interests. Most states don’t need a bicameral legislature either but all Nebraska have them.


4 posted on 01/04/2011 4:18:31 PM PST by americanophile
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To: americanophile

True, thats why I think we should go back to state legislatures electing Senators to represent the state.


8 posted on 01/04/2011 4:23:17 PM PST by Raider Sam (They're on our left, right, front, and back. They aint gettin away this time!)
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To: americanophile

The fact that each state has an equal number of senators still gives an advantage to smaller states.


11 posted on 01/04/2011 4:24:59 PM PST by Tailgunner Joe
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To: americanophile
There’s no need for a bicameral federal legislature if they’re representing the same interests.

The main point of a bicameral legislature is to make it more difficult to make laws thereby protecting liberty, IMHO.

13 posted on 01/04/2011 4:25:45 PM PST by neverdem (Xin loi minh oi)
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To: americanophile

Another aspect of that is that the congress is on the federal payroll.

Take them off the federal payroll and put them on their own states’ payroll. They have truly forgotten for whom they work and this would help remind them.


19 posted on 01/04/2011 4:34:19 PM PST by Eagle Eye (A blind clock finds a nut at least twice a day.)
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