WE STILL NEED BICAMERAL SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT.(Editorial)(Editorial)(Letter to the editor)

From: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY) | Date: May 16, 2006 | Copyright information

To the Editor:

In response to Mr. Batten's letter in The Post-Standard Sunday, I would like to remind him that our bicameral system was designed to create a balance in representation between states with small population and states with large populations.

In the Senate, each state has two representatives; while in the House, the number of representatives is based on each state's...

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