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JoeAltmaier on Jan 5, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Great Sugar Shaft

In Nevada they jokingly refer to "the senator from Reno" and "the senator from Vegas", historically one comes from each population center. So those cities each get a senator, versus California's 37 millions sharing 2

pyre on Jan 5, 2010 [–]

That's why there are two parts to Congress.

  The Senate = Everyone gets equal say
  The House = Portion of say is equal to portion of population

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