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07-20-13, 12:14 AM #11
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Something I actually just thought of in regards to the Senate, as well. Since part of a Senator's job is to promote his State in our Federal legislator, it might not be a bad idea to essentially have Senators run as part of a gubernatorial ticket in a State. Essentially, vote this Governor in, and these will be your Senators. As it currently stands, it's rather easy for a Governor and his Senators to be working at cross-purposes, and having them all run as part of the same ticket might actually ensure that they work together. A Governor's job is to do the best he can to run and improve the State. A Senator's job is to work to advance his State as part of the Federal Government. I'd say their jobs kind of go hand in hand....yet we elect individuals with WIDELY different goals, and that's just silly.
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07-20-13, 12:31 AM #12
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I would really like it if every US citizen had equal representation in federal government. Senate needs to be reworked and the electoral college needs to go in order for this to happen.
Its very odd that my vote had more effect when I lived in NV than when I lived in CA.We can do better.
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07-20-13, 02:38 AM #13
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Expanding the topic a bit -
One of the prime features of the Senate's rules which I believe has led to the piss poor level of the Senate actually working to get anything done is the silent filibuster.
Newsbound - The Curious Case of the Silent Filibuster
I think that if the Senators want to exercise this rule - they should have to stand there and talk. Much has been written about the proliferation of filibusters - the 'silent' nature of them has more to do with it than anything. Leave the filibuster in - but damn sure make it painful if you want to invoke it to stop legislation.Last edited by iravedic; 07-20-13 at 02:42 AM.
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07-20-13, 03:23 AM #14Re: Re-work the Senate?
Getting rid of the Senate makes sense only if you no longer think of the states as sovereign. If that's the case, stop calling them states and start calling them provinces or something. They are called states because that's what they are supposed to be. So the guys that made up our bicameral legislative branch made one part based on population and one where all the states have an equal vote because all the states are supposed to be peers. This keeps states with larger populations from enacting laws that might take advantage of a state with a smaller population.
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07-20-13, 07:22 AM #15
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Why the US has this antiquiated 'States' sytem is a riddle. It made sense at the start of the union when the colonies fancied themselves as independent entities. After over 200 years of being supposedly united it's time to become a coherent country with uniform laws and practices everywhere. People in Wyoming shouldn't consider themselves any different than people in Californis, they're both Americans.
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07-20-13, 08:46 AM #16Re: Re-work the Senate?
I disagree. The system decentralizes things a bit while (supposedly) guaranteeing certain rights across the board. Decentralized government is good because people closer to an issue will usually handle it better than someone far away.
I rather like the way it's supposed to work with a federal government dealing with things that affect all the states like military, foreign relations and interstate commerce and the states dealing with internal issues. Please note that I said supposed to work because I think it's somewhat broken and the federal government is doing a lot of things that should be handled by the states.
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