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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shadowrider" data-source="post: 2071340" data-attributes="member: 3099"><p>I don't know how much difference there really is but, with the Senate as originally setup you had more "representation" in the context of a republic.  With the House being directly elected that's the democracy side of the coin.  Remember that there was a fierce fight over our government being a democracy or a republic.  I think this was a compromise to satiate the two sides.  Now the only real difference left from the original form of the Senate is the disparity of representation, that part is still there.  Otherwise I don't see much difference between the House.</p></blockquote><p></p>