Determine Author's Point of View Thomas Jefferson, in a conversation
with George Washington, expressed his opposition to a two-chambered
legislature, while pouring his coffee into a saucer to cool it. Pointing out the
similarity to the purpose of the two-chambered legislature, George
Washington replied, "...we pour legislation into the senatorial saucer to cool
it."
What do you think George Washington meant? Consider this quotation, and
the information in the text, as you answer this question: How does the
distribution of Senate seats among the States illustrate the principle of
federalism?
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