Ronn! Blankenship wrote: > >> There is a _Senate_ for Alabama? Two legislative bodies >> for each state? >> >> (I hope br politicians never hear about this...) > > Every state in the USA except iirc Nebraska has a bicameral > legislature modeled upon the national one. Again iirc Nebraska > calls its unicameral legislative body the state Senate. > > (I say "iirc" because that's what I remember learning some years > ago. I suppose they could have changed since then without informing > me . . . ) > What is the logic behind that? Here in Brazil, the "logic" for the existence of the Senate is that Senators represent the state, while the Deputies represent the electors. I can't see why this would apply to a state. Does every county elect a state-Senator that represents the county?
Maybe the logic is just giving politicians new jobs... Alberto Monteiro _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l