Slower Than a Melting Ice Cap

Has it occurred to anyone that we no longer need 2 houses of congress? Now that we elect Senators by popular vote, instead of being appointed by state legislatures, do we really need Senators? After all, we have 435 members of the house already elected by popular vote.

Having 2 houses, and therefore, 2 bills, every time we want to pass a law just gums up the process. Why not eliminate one of them? We could have 1 house, extend the terms to every 4 years and elect them in between the presidential elections. If we gave them all 2-term limits, just like we give the president, we could effectively short-circuit some of the congressional grid lock we currently have, as well as rotate committee chairmanships so we don't end up with so much power in the hands of a relatively few number of legislators. (Think Jesse Helms, Ted Kennedy).

And think of the money we could save.

Either Nebraska or Kansas has a 1-house state government, and they seem to be doing ok.

Let's abolish the Senate, and see if we can't speed things up a little.