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How could you change equal representation in the senate?
No amendment could change equal representation in the senate without
Does the senate provide equal representation?
Inequal in representation by population, but perfect in terms of equal representation by State. The big states are equal to the smaller sized states. Bicameral legislatures seem to balance things out quite well.
The Virginia Plan of the Constitutional Convention proposed a system of representation in the national legislature that was based upon?
equal representation between states
What was the decision to have two houses of Congress with one house's representation based on population and the other on equal representation called?
The Great Compromise :D
What did small states want at the constitutional convention?
The smaller states followed the "Connecticut Plan" which, as opposed to the larger states' preference, the "Virginia Plan," made plans for a unicameral body in which all states had equal representation - today known as the Senate. The Virginia Plan, on the other hand, was favored by the larger states because it stated that larger populations would equal greater representation in Congress - today known as the House of Representatives.
