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If it is in their interests.
Beholden to other elected officials makes you on equal par with them?
They were not in two sets of hands before the 17th amendment. How could they be when you are arguing that instead of being answerable to the people they would be answerable to the state legislators?
how is it in their interest?......the house is a collective body of individual interest of the people.
the senate is not a collective body, and its interest is maintaining its powers........because it has no authority under the Constitution to appropriate money to create things.
on par means both chambers are equal, one in not over another to tell, dictate, or advise.
yes there are two sets of hands,...the house of the people, directly elected by them, a democratic vote........the senate directly elected by the state legislatures, a NON democratic vote......power is split.