civics 101: there was a time when the U.S. legilatue was apointed by the various state legislatures who were directly elected by the people of their district. they were beholding to the people of the districts of the various states. they could be fired by the state legislatures and another put in their place at any time.
this was one of the causes of the war of agression/civil war whatever.
after the war the people were given the idea as to how great it would be if they directly elected their "own" U/S legislaters. sounds logical, plausable and only right.
problem, now they are no longer district politicians but government politicians/national politicians. we are stuck with senators for 6 years, and by that time are so imbeded into federal and national politics we can't get rid of them.
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