Jim Baird: “My understanding of Madison's approach was that there were more…”

On the recordJune 2, 2004

My understanding of Madison's approach was that there were more elements to having a house of representation than mere election, as important as that is, but also the role of checks and balances, the role of proportionate representation, the division of authorities between the legislative branch and the executive branch. Madison specifically said: "The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive and judiciary in the same hands, whether of one, a few or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed or elected, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny." What I would like to ask the gentlewoman is, if we have no House of Representatives, less than a quorum, do we have an alternative to the concentration of the power in the executive branch under current law?

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Jim Baird

Republican · Missouri

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Discussing the importance of representation and checks and balances in the House of Representatives.

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Jim Baird: “My understanding of Madison's approach was that there were more elements to having a house of representation than mere…”

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