The Advantages Of Limiting The Abuse Of Power Of Congress

The one main advantage of the bicameral legislative structure of this country is that limits the abuse of power of Congress. No one group or class in the U.S. can dictate the terms or make legislature that will benefit themselves at the expense of others. Unreasonable demands of the Senate can be blocked by the Representatives and in turn the Senate can kill a piece of unjust legislation passed by the Representatives. The prevention of unfair laws and legislature is a clear advantage. One difficulty of this bicameralism is that it is incredibly hard to enact change because both the House and the Senate need to agree on something for it to become law. If no census can be reached, then the piece of legislation enters a perpetual cycle of revision
First, seat apportionment. In the Senate, there are twos seats for each state, giving us a total of 100 Senators, each will equal representation. In the Senate, each state carries the same amount of weight when it comes to making legislative decisions, thus making sure that smaller states always have a say in the matter. In the House, the number of seats that each state has is proportional to that state's population, leading to larger states have more representation. This leads to larger states like California and Texas pulling more weight for laws that benefit their own states rather than what is good for everyone. This also leads to smaller states not having much of a say since they, relatively speaking, don't speak much for the other states. Term length also plays a role in how the two bodies differ in function. House Representatives have terms that last for 2 years. This leads to Representatives sticking more strictly to what the people they are representing want; after all, 2 years is a rather short amount of time when you compare it to other term lengths. This leads to Representatives putting forth and voting for legislature that will directly benefit their district so that they have something to show their constituents in order to get re-elected. Meanwhile, Senators have terms that last for 6 years and they aren't voted in by an individual district. This allows Senators
It is the job or a member of Congress to represent their people, that much is true, and I would act accordingly so long as others aren't being harmed by my decisions. I would do everything in my power to carry out the will of my constituents so long as it aligned with my own moral compass and conscience. I would not be able pass legislature that I know would directly harm others, no matter how much the people I represent would want it. Otherwise, though, I would seek to stay in line with the desires of my constituents, even if I don't agree with it on a political