A badly broken U.S. Senate is in need of serious reform
6 comments November 11th, 2009
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 Steve Benen NAILS IT.
 An excerpt:
 Facing extraordinary crises and challenges, the United States has a legislative branch that is barely able to legislate at all. The system can see the problems, but is struggling badly to address them. The first step in changing the way Congress operates is creating the demand — most of the public has no idea that the Senate no longer operates by majority rule. Public frustration can lead to proposals, which can lead to debate, which can lead to solutions.
