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Ashartus · 11-19-2010, 01:17 PM

I like the idea of the senate as "sober second thought", but in practice it doesn't work that way because the senators are part of the same party system as the house. I like the idea previously suggested of all senators running for election as independents on their own merits. They could be elected for something like an 8 year term, with a single term limit, so that (again as previously suggested) senators could vote for their conscience rather than based on what will get them re-elected or re-appointed.

11-19-2010, 01:17 PM	#17
Ashartus First Line Centre Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Calgary Exp:	I like the idea of the senate as "sober second thought", but in practice it doesn't work that way because the senators are part of the same party system as the house. I like the idea previously suggested of all senators running for election as independents on their own merits. They could be elected for something like an 8 year term, with a single term limit, so that (again as previously suggested) senators could vote for their conscience rather than based on what will get them re-elected or re-appointed.