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by 24gttghh 3123 days ago
You are ignoring the fact that Wyoming only has 1 representative in the house, which is where the balancing piece comes in.
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Yes, and this would be fine if the senate did not exist. But the senate can kill anything that the house proposes. So Wyoming has undue influence over what the (correctly balanced) house tries to make law.
And the house can not vote for something the senate passes too...I'm not sure how you think the House is even remotely "correctly balanced" Both parties Gerrymander like it's their only job to keep their own little fiefdoms intact.
It's not a balancing piece, it's a balanced piece. Abolishing the Senate would leave only the House, the balanced piece.
The house is not the balanced piece when it comes from the perspective of the states themselves. The smaller states then would have very little say in how the country at large operates.