The Senate has all the power

[sekker]

vision63 wrote:
[quote=Lemon Drop]
This is why we need to add DC and PR as states. Well not the main reason, primarily they just deserve the representation.

This would be ideal.
Read the article. Adding DC, PR AND CA-2 and CA-3 would STILL not make the Senate even.

[vision63]

sekker wrote:
[quote=vision63]
[quote=Lemon Drop]
This is why we need to add DC and PR as states. Well not the main reason, primarily they just deserve the representation.

This would be ideal.
Read the article. Adding DC, PR AND CA-2 and CA-3 would STILL not make the Senate even.
But they would be fully and properly represented. That's the most important thing.

[RgrF]

Lemon Drop wrote:
This is why we need to add DC and PR as states. Well not the main reason, primarily they just deserve the representation.

As constituted now, the GOP won't even let today's voters cast ballots, you think they'll ever allow dissolution of the Electoral College?

[Sam3]

sekker wrote:
Not to be a Debbie Downer, but if the Dems flip the Senate this year, every hour needs to be cherished. Will not last.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the...eme-court/

That was a HUGE Debby Downer story.

[Acer]

So, essentially, between the electoral college, per-state Senate allotment, federal judges controlled by the senate, AND the limitation on the size of the House of Representatives, rural interests enjoy a strong handicap to control ALL three branches of our government.

600,000 Wyomites get to decide what's best for 40 million Californians pretty much in perpetuity.

I don't see how this can end well.