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Why is Congress like this?

Civics 101 by NHPR

Jun 30, 202628:09Government & Organizations

Today in our continued exploration of why the US is the way it is, we get to Article I. Why did the framers design Congress the way they did? Why did the small states come out so far ahead? And what, potentially, would J...

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