On the recordMarch 13, 2012
The House and the Senate are themselves the result of the Great Compromise, which is the erroneous name for it--the correct name is, of course, the 'Connecticut Compromise.'
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Reid clarified the historical significance of the Connecticut Compromise in U.S. governance.
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