The Senate

mattjericho · Post by **mattjericho** » Wed Oct 20, 2004 5:38 pm

What do you think?

Travis Fulk · Post by **Travis Fulk** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 3:24 pm

THE SENATE ISNT FAIR. WYOMING IS AS STRONG AS CALIFORNIA. OKAY REAL FAIR. SCREW WHYOMING I DONT CARE. I WENT TO WHYOMING ONCE...IT SUCKED. BUT INDIANA SUCKS LIKE TWENTY FIVE TIMES WORSE, EASY.

=^-..-^= · Post by **=^-..-^=** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 6:51 pm

The Senate was a product of the Connecticut Compromise at the time the Constitution was written. The followers of the Virginia Plan wanted representation by population, which the small states knew would keep them from having any political voice in Congress. The small states wanted the New Jersey Plan, which gave every state two votes in Congress, regardless of size, and the large state delegates objected, saying that gave small states too much power. The compromise said that we shold have BOTH types of Congress, or the bicameral houses. The Constitution is known as a "bundle of compromises" (3/5 Compromise, Slave Trade Compromise, Connecticut Compromise.) It wouldn't have been ratified by 9 of the 13 states otherwise, and we would have had to live with the fractious Articles of Confederation, which were good in principle, but were unworkable in real life. (I know someone is going to post defending the Articles now, and the whole State vs. Federal power thing.)

The Senate is only as good or bad as the Senators are. For the most part, it is a more stable institution than the House.