Reply #3: Huh? The idea for a bicameral legislature came... [View All]

[TreasonousBastard]

about because small states like Rhode Island were terrified that larger states like Virginia would walk all over them. The House is not so much a "people's house" as it is meant to represent proportionally the populations of the states.

The Senate was designed to balance the power of the more populous states and make sure the smaller states always had a voice.

Things have change a lot since the 1780's, and eliminating the Senate would give essentially us a parliamentary government like almost everyone else on earth has. I doubt we're ready for that sort of change, but it would be interesting to see states like Alaska and Wyoming have almost no power at all while New York, Texas, California, Michigan and a few others run the show.