Seats in Congress
House of Representatives
The way political districts are drawn should be much more restricted compared to how they are now.
Each Representative in the House should be elected from a Mixed-member proportional representation.
Senate
Each Senator should be elected with a Instant-runoff Vote method.
The filibuster should be removed from the Senate, but all actions passing through the chamber should have a threshold, or supermajority, to pass.
Thresholds in the Senate should differ depending on what they are deciding on:
| Action | New Threshold | Current Threshold | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Passing Bills | 50% (Down from de facto 60%) | 60% | |
| Signing Treaties | 55% | >50% | |
| Confirming Supreme Court Judges | 60% | >50% | |
| Impeachment Conviction | 60% | 66.67% (2/3) |
Bills only passing one chamber
When a bill passes the House of Representatives and is restricted within Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, with the exception of Clause I and Clause III, said bill should be able to bypass the Senate and go straight to the President.
Congress should also have the power to legislate within areas the Tenth Amendment of the Constitution restricts from Congress, or Clause I and Clause III of Article I, Section 8, but such bills should require both the House of Representatives and the Senate.
This increases Congress’s power to legislate on a national level to represent the common American people, while still requiring the Senate for matters that affect the states themselves.