With existing tech there is no reason for US Senators and Reps to reside in DC. Instead of inside the Beltway, they should be in there respective states and districts. They should be subjected to interact w constituents in the community and hear our priorities daily.
Further explanation which I think is insightful:
Washington DC is culturally liberal. The institutions that long-tenure senators interact with daily: the press corps, the think tanks both parties actually attend (Brookings, CFR, Aspen, Carnegie), the schools their kids go to, the dinner parties are all left-of-center. That creates asymmetric social pressure:
A Republican who drifts left gets rewarded. The press calls them a "statesman," a "maverick," a "reasonable voice." They get invited to the bipartisan events. Their kids don't get weird looks at Sidwell Friends. McCain got this. Collins gets this. Murkowski gets this. There's a whole media infrastructure that celebrates the "heroic moderate Republican."
A Democrat who drifts right gets... nothing. There's no equivalent conservative institutional establishment in DC that would celebrate them. No black-tie dinner full of journalists who would applaud them for being "courageous" by moving right. Their base would primary them. The press wouldn't reward them. So they don't.
The incentive structure is one-directional. DC's Overton window is set by the press corps and the permanent institutions, and it pulls left. Republicans face constant pressure to accept that frame as the price of being taken seriously. Democrats are already inside the frame.
A "Mandate of the People"
doesn't trump (no pun intended) an over reach of power by the Executive branch.
I dont like it either but the Constitution can't shift with the wind just bc the side you voted for is in power.
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Mr. Benjamin and Mr. Johnson should have done their job and become informed voters instead of "Im voting for whomever gives me the most free stuff" approach.
You voted for this. Hopefully others foolish enough to think anything from the government is free will realize it is not!
I can't believe how fast these MAMDANI VOTERS have turned on him!
NY Democrats screaming "Leave our taxes alone!!!" after voting in this new mayor who's jacking up middle class taxes hard.
These are the same folks who cheered for big government promises!
Now the bill's due and they're shocked. Classic FAFO moment - you elected the tax hikers, now own the pain.
The middle class is getting squeezed while the elite laugh!
@Henri2Riv@AP Obviously it wasn't. She finished 3rd in her final training run.
Where was the pearl clutching and hindsight prophecy then?
She hooked a gate w her pole. Freak accident that likely would have resulted a fracture for anyone.
@CadizFrom89205@Larry_C_Fitz Individual sport athlete's are selfish? No shit! They gravitate to those activities bc they want to practice longer, harder and more frequently than their contemporaries. Glory or gory, Individual sport athletes dont want their performance and outcome dependant on a teammate.