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At the turn of the 20th century when public sentiment wanted a lot of things done to deal with industrialization and the problem of the slums, the senate was impossible it to move because it was millionaires in there. they finally realized they have to have direct election of senators. they used to be elected by the state legislators and were susceptible to special interest. maybe that's the problem given the 60 votes needed, given who they listen to, the power of special interest, public sent is imt cannot pen trade. we've seen it for the last decade. it's not just the senate, the congress. >...

When public sentiment wanted a lot of things done to deal with industrialization and the problem of the slums, the senate was impossible it to move because it was millionaires in there. they finally realized they have to have direct election of senators. they used to be elected by the state legislators and were susceptible to special interest. maybe that's the problem given the 60 votes needed, given who they listen to, the power of special interest, public sent is imt cannot pen trade. we've seen it for the last decade. it's not just the senate, the congress. >> majority leader harry reid fol...