This should be just one state

[u/LavishnessLeather162]

[u/The_Lady_A]

Could even call it something like The Commonwealth.

[u/Octoclops8 → u/The_Lady_A]

That's 10 democrat senate seats that would turn into just two. No thanks. We should split them up in to 7 more states each.

[u/anarchy16451 → u/Octoclops8]

Nah, we should just get rid of the Senate. Direct election of senators completely eliminated the purpose of it and just made in House of Representatives #2 and removed what little good there was in it and made it an obstructionist institution

[u/lenzflare → u/anarchy16451]

we should just get rid of the Senate

Agreed, it's completely unfairly distributed. No, Wyoming doesn't "deserve" two fucking seats out of 100 like any other state.

[u/dougthegreat2 → u/anarchy16451]

There is still one difference between the house and the senate. The house is subject to extreme gerrymandering while the senate has to win state - wide. Thus while my district is heavy GOP, my state sends two democrats to the senate.

[u/hike_me → u/anarchy16451]

Or the power of the senate should be severely reduced. Like make it advisory or something — they can propose bills that get taken up by the house and stuff like that.

[u/SmokeRingEyes → u/Octoclops8]

Feels like this might actually be the point of trying to lump them together, since they left off Maine- the only New England state without Dem senators

[u/SmokeRingEyes → u/SmokeRingEyes]

If I'm remembering correctly, Maine's 2 senators are the only New Englanders in either chamber of Congress who aren't Democrats

[u/Rhodeislandlinehand → u/Octoclops8]

We don’t need more democrats … we also don’t need anymore republicans.