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Politics : The Trump Presidency -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Steve Lokness who wrote (88401)	8/11/2018 10:11:51 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 358338

"Without it being the way it is small states would never ever have a say in governing and NY and California would dictate everything" The EC has nothing to do with governing. It's just one way to pick the winner of a national election. Governing is done by Congress, and one senator can stop everything. How exactly can one Senator block the bill? \| Coburn Say Yes = Minority Rules: Ten Ways to Bring the Senate to Its Knees Sep 28, 2010 - Jim Demint (R-SC) threatened to block on all legislation his office hadn't cleared, effectively stopping Senate action on a number of bills