Angus King said "You can get 41 votes out of the current Senate, which was enough to block any legislation. And if you take the states that those 41 senators represent, add all the population together, you get 24 percent of the American people. So, the situation we`re in now is the 24 percent of the American people have an effective veto over anything that 76 percent of the American people think it`s important public policy? I don`t think that squares with Democratic theory." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

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You can get 41 votes out of the current Senate, which was enough to block any legislation. And if you take the states that those 41 senators represent, add all the population together, you get 24 percent of the American people. So, the situation we`re in now is the 24 percent of the American people have an effective veto over anything that 76 percent of the American people think it`s important public policy? I don`t think that squares with Democratic theory.

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Angus King

Independent · Maine

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msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Angus King discusses the disproportionate power of a minority in the Senate and its implications for democracy.

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