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I can't believe what I'm seeing here. This is actually advocated by Mark Levin and covered in chapter 4 of his book, "The Liberty Amendments." He also calls for a super-majority legislative override of supreme court decisions.

I completely agree even though I know our motives would not line up at all.

I'd like to point out that there was a big change to the Senate in 1913 upon the passing of the 17th Amendment to the Constitution.

Before the 17th Amendment, each state's two Senators were chosen by the state legislature. After the amendment, the Senators were elected by popular vote.

The original intent of appointing Senators by the state legislatures, was so that the individual states had a "say" in how the federal government ran. If the Senators did not represent the states' interests properly, or did not vote in the way the state legislatures desired, the Senators could be reprimanded or even replaced.

So the Senate represented the STATES, and the House Representatives represented the PEOPLE directly. The people had a voice, the individual states had a voice.

The 17th Amendment changed that, electing Senators by popular vote. To me (and others who share my opinion), this makes the two houses redundant to some degree. Aside from different responsibilities, the fact that they're both elected by popular vote removes a big distinction about WHO these elected individuals represent.

So it's a little silly that one house creates a bill, and passes it, and the other house then votes on it ... when both houses are comprised of people elected by the same groups of people.

Today, there state legislatures, and the state governors, have almost no say in how the federal government runs. The Senate does not represent the state legislatures' interests, nor does the House of Representatives. Both houses represent "The People".

I don't feel I'm doing a great job of explaining this, and certainly not doing a great job of explaining the impact of this change. The best I can do is point you to a book which further explains things.

The Liberty Amendments by Mark Levin

And she stole this idea from Mark Levin.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Liberty-Amendments-Mark-Levin/dp/145160632X