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*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. | ||
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| + | * Senators are elected to a six year term, rather than the two years that members of the House of Representatives are elected to. The Senate, for much of its history, has always been more moderate than the house. | ||
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Revision as of 01:05, July 24, 2011
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.
Why is the Senate more liberal than the House? Reasons include:
- Senate elections are statewide, and thus are more easily influenced by liberal media organizations than local House elections are.
- Senators are elected to a six year term, rather than the two years that members of the House of Representatives are elected to. The Senate, for much of its history, has always been more moderate than the house.
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