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Mystery:Why is the Senate More Liberal than the House? (view source)
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As the political struggle over the [[debt ceiling]] in July 2011 illustrates, the [[U.S. Senate]] is more liberal than the [[U.S. House of Representatives]]? Other examples include how the House voted to end funding of the [[abortion]] provider [[Planned Parenthood]], yet the Senate voted to continue the funding.
As the political struggle over the [[debt ceiling]] in July 2011 illustrates, the [[U.S. Senate]] is currently more liberal than the [[U.S. House of Representatives]]? Other examples include how the House voted to end funding of the [[abortion]] provider [[Planned Parenthood]], yet the Senate voted to continue the funding.
''Why'' is the Senate more [[liberal]] than the House? Reasons include:
''Why'' is the Senate more [[liberal]] than the House? Reasons include:
*Natural changes in voting patterns. Over the past 154 years of the Senate, the Senate has been a Republican institution 53% of the time.
*Senate elections are statewide, and thus are more easily influenced by [[liberal]] media organizations than local House elections are.
*Senate elections are statewide, and thus are more easily influenced by [[liberal]] media organizations than local House elections are.