Respond ti each peer initial posting with 3-4 sentences long. Peer 1 initial post According to Georgia.gov, “Georgia has one of the largest state legislatures in the nation, the General Assembly, composed of the House of Representatives and the Senate, meets from January until late March to set the state’s annual operating budget and to propose laws on a variety of topics from education to environmental protection.  By collaborating in committees and meeting with constituents, the representatives and senators contribute to the state’s health and growth.” Georgia currently has 56 senators.  The Georgia General Assembly shall appropriate the Senate and House districts.  The U.S. Senate is comprised of two senators from each state elected by the citizens of their respective states. Under the principle of “proportional and equal representation” I feel that this supports the constitution that we are all created equal.  Each State is allocated a number of  Electors  equal to the number of its U.S. Senators (always 2) plus the number of its U.S. Representatives (which may change each decade according to the size of each State's population as  determined  in the Census). I am not certain that I agree with this concept as I do not believe that we have reached a reliable method of determining the population.  Peer 2 initial post       In order to understand what unequal representation is we must first understand representation and how it came about.  The Senate is made up of two senators from each state.  Washington D.C. citizens are the only ones who do not have a representative in the Senate.  The citizens of the state elect their representatives in the hopes that they will keep their best interest at heart and speak on their behalf.  The person in charge of the Senate is the Vice President so it is important who the holds that position.  Below the Vice President are the majority party who elect majority leaders (Bailey, 2002).  The minority party also elect minority leaders.  Those people serve as spokespersons for their parties on the Senate.  With that all being said it sounds as if populations should be equally represented but that is not always the case. Each committee and sub-committee in the Senate guide and screens the legislative duties of Congress and are supposed to represent the citizens of their states.  They recommend and consider new laws, discard presidential nominations, give advice and agree on international treaties and serve as the higher court for impeachment trials.  The House of Representatives works on new legislation but does not perform the other duties that the Senate conducts (http://www.house.gov) They also have the power to conduct investigations on certain elements of the executive branch if need be, they are sort of a checks and balance for the government.  They do all of this while keeping the public informed and educated on what is going on in the political world and with their government (http://www.ask.co.

1. Respond ti each peer initial posting with 3-4 sentences long.
Peer 1 initial post
According to Georgia.gov, “Georgia has one of the largest state
legislatures in the nation, the General Assembly, composed of
the House of Representatives and the Senate, meets from
January until late March to set the state’s annual operating
budget and to propose laws on a variety of topics from
education to environmental protection. By collaborating in
committees and meeting with constituents, the representatives
and senators contribute to the state’s health and growth.”
Georgia currently has 56 senators. The Georgia General
Assembly shall appropriate the Senate and House districts.
The U.S. Senate is comprised of two senators from each state
elected by the citizens of their respective states.
Under the principle of “proportional and equal representation” I
feel that this supports the constitution that we are all created
equal. Each State is allocated a number of
Electors
equal to the number of its U.S. Senators (always 2) plus the
number of its U.S. Representatives (which may change each
decade according to the size of each State's population as
determined
in the Census). I am not certain that I agree with this concept
as I do not believe that we have reached a reliable method of
determining the population.
Peer 2 initial post
In order to understand what unequal representation is we

2. must first understand representation and how it came about.
The Senate is made up of two senators from each state.
Washington D.C. citizens are the only ones who do not have a
representative in the Senate. The citizens of the state elect their
representatives in the hopes that they will keep their best
interest at heart and speak on their behalf. The person in charge
of the Senate is the Vice President so it is important who the
holds that position. Below the Vice President are the majority
party who elect majority leaders (Bailey, 2002). The minority
party also elect minority leaders. Those people serve as
spokespersons for their parties on the Senate. With that all
being said it sounds as if populations should be equally
represented but that is not always the case.
Each committee and sub-committee in the Senate guide and
screens the legislative duties of Congress and are supposed to
represent the citizens of their states. They recommend and
consider new laws, discard presidential nominations, give
advice and agree on international treaties and serve as the
higher court for impeachment trials. The House of
Representatives works on new legislation but does not perform
the other duties that the Senate conducts
(http://www.house.gov) They also have the power to conduct
investigations on certain elements of the executive branch if
need be, they are sort of a checks and balance for the
government. They do all of this while keeping the public
informed and educated on what is going on in the political
world and with their government
(http://www.ask.com/government-politics.com). They have the
power to discipline and get rid of members if the matter is voted
upon. So far throughout history only 15 members of the Senate
have ever been expelled since 1789 so as you can see this does
not happen often.
It would seem that with this much power that those who are
elected into the Senate would have to be some well-rounded and
well educated diverse people.

3. I do not believe that this can be achieved through only elected
two people per state to represent the entire population of people
in that state.
I believe in the One Person One Vote rule.
The principle to this rule is that no matter where someone
resides in a state they are entitled to equal legislative
representation (
http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com
).
States are so diverse now a day that it is impossible to have
equal representation with only two people. If it where the case
that when those two Senators where put into place that they had
to elect a more diverse committee and then an even more
diverse subcommittee that might help to solve the problem but
that is not always the case. Those committees and
subcommittees are made up of likeminded people. The majority
party in and of itself is supposed to represent the majority of the
is a system where two major parties dominate a political unit.
It seems that those who are in the minority party have less
representation, so should they not have the same say as the
majority.
In less populous states the majority of the people are usually of
the same mind and therefore they are properly represented.
Those states with more diverse populations are not properly
represented and therefore the representation should be more
diverse. Even smaller states are becoming more diverse due to
immigration and migration of people. Just because those
individuals may not be registered voters does not mean that
their lives are not affected by what their state government is
doing. Our country allows immigrants to come in and live here
so we have to be accommodating to a certain extent. Non-
voting citizens have rights that are protected under the
constitution as well as those voting citizens. I would have to
ask the question though of how do you get proper representation

4. if you cannot vote since representatives are voted in. I guess
you would have to hope that there are enough voters out there
who have the same views as you and your particular party.
Less populated states consistently receive more federal
funding than states with more people because they are properly
represented and have more of a say when it comes to
legislation. It would seem almost impossible that two people
could represent a state like California or Texas and be able to
be equal to that of say a state like Delaware. It would seem that
having only two representatives for a state such as Texas would
only have representation for a small portion of its population
whereas in a state like Delaware even though the citizens would
not be completely represented they would be better represented
than Texas. This gives an unfair advantage to smaller states.