Making the Senate Work for Democrats

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In December 2008, as he prepared to assume the presidency, Barack Obama shared a provocative observation with Nancy Pelosi about the American system of government. The United States Senate, Obama told her, had in some ways “outlived its purpose.” In Obama’s reckoning, the Senate had altogether too much clout and too often served to diminish […]

Original source: https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2023/01/19/making-the-senate-work-for-democrats-arc-of-power/

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