(05-01-2021, 10:58 AM)mikesez Wrote: When the Senate is controlled by Democrats, everything is decided by the 50th or 51st most liberal member.
When the Senate is controlled by republicans, everything is decided by the 50th or 51st most conservative member.
Nothing is ever decided by the ideological bomb throwers on the left or the right.
For a little while in 2017, John McCain was the most powerful senator.
Now Joe Manchin is.
Everything goes to the center.
The Senate is one of the few things that we have that still works as the founders designed it. If we could get rid of the filibuster it would work even better.

Actually, senators should not be selected by a popular vote.  Senators should be selected by State Legislature.  Senators are supposed to represent the state, not the people.

The intent for the House of Representatives is to represent the people, hence why their numbers are determined by the census.

The filibuster is a great tool to stop a misguided party such as yours (democrat) from pushing through legislation that is clearly not wanted by the majority of citizens and/or states.

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