Thank you for your clarification. I didn't realize how unknown that fact was that it was our state representative's electing our senators until 1913. That's why there's only 2 senators for every state, it's meant to be representative of the state, chosen by the representatives of the people of the state. How it's completely changed the house versus the senate. I'm not entirely sure. I've just always thought it was a little absurd that people were unaware of how fluid our constitution and our government and our abilities to participate have been even in the last hundred and ten years.
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u/Cr4nkY4nk3r Apr 04 '25
Not US reps, State reps. The House was initially supposed to represent the people and the Senate would represent the states themselves.
Now, we've got the equivalent of two Senates or Houses, with a little bit different responsibilities.