C&G Hot Issue #4
One aspect of the debate over Congress' various healthcare reforms and plans is the process by which bills become law or simply wither on the vine.
A brief post by Sandy Levinson at Balkinization provides an interesting perspective: that a big roadblock in the way of progress (however defined) is the anachronistic and unwieldy Senate.
Nate Silver has done an interesting analysis that seems to give fuel to Levinson's complaint (Silver is a Democratic analyst known for respected predictions and lots of number-crunching).
From The American Prospect, Mark Schmitt's article, Our Senate Problem, also discusses the Senate's tendency to be an "obstruction" rather than "a force for positive change."
Isn't this what Madison wrote about in Federalist No. 10? Or is there another Founding Era document or thinker that better addresses these reoccurring complaints? Should the Senate (not to mention the Electoral College) be done away with?
Political science junkies (and others), jump in and share your thoughts.
A brief post by Sandy Levinson at Balkinization provides an interesting perspective: that a big roadblock in the way of progress (however defined) is the anachronistic and unwieldy Senate.
Nate Silver has done an interesting analysis that seems to give fuel to Levinson's complaint (Silver is a Democratic analyst known for respected predictions and lots of number-crunching).
From The American Prospect, Mark Schmitt's article, Our Senate Problem, also discusses the Senate's tendency to be an "obstruction" rather than "a force for positive change."
Isn't this what Madison wrote about in Federalist No. 10? Or is there another Founding Era document or thinker that better addresses these reoccurring complaints? Should the Senate (not to mention the Electoral College) be done away with?
Political science junkies (and others), jump in and share your thoughts.
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