What I worry about would be that you essentially have two chambers, the House and the Senate, but you have simply, majoritarian, absolute power on either side. And that's just not what the founders intended.

Summary

This quote expresses concern about the potential for majoritarian, absolute power within the two chambers of the legislature, the House and the Senate. It suggests that such concentration of power goes against the intention of the Founding Fathers. The quote highlights the importance of checks and balances in a democratic system, indicating the apprehension towards a scenario where one party or group could wield disproportionate influence and potentially undermine the intended democratic principles of the government structure.

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