DSA co-chairman defends plan to abolish Senate: ‘We don’t think that’s extreme’
“I talked a bit about democracy, a ‘small d’ democracy, and that’s really important to us. “We believe government should be proportional to the population, and that’s a very basic core principle. We would expand what the House of Representatives does and make it more representative of the people who live in this country.”Abolishing the Senate would require amending the Constitution.
- ▪“I talked a bit about democracy, a ‘small d’ democracy, and that’s really important to us.
- ▪“We believe government should be proportional to the population, and that’s a very basic core principle.
- ▪We would expand what the House of Representatives does and make it more representative of the people who live in this country.”Abolishing the Senate would require amending the Constitution.
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Democratic Socialists of America co-chairman Ashik Siddiqu defended the organization’s call to abolish the Senate, arguing the chamber is fundamentally undemocratic and that eliminating it would make the federal government more representative.“The Senate is a very undemocratic institution,” Siddiqu said on a C-SPAN appearance. “I talked a bit about democracy, a ‘small d’ democracy, and that’s really important to us. We want democratic representation of all people who live in this country.” Recommended Stories Jon Ossoff boasts $20 million fundraising haul House GOP releases budget framework for $95 billion reconciliation bill House Republican campaign arm backs seven new candidates in swing seats “That’s part of our platform, and we don’t think that’s extreme,” he added.
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