• Natanael@infosec.pub
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    5 hours ago

    The purpose is not what it is doing anymore.

    if the majority wants to enact something without the consent of the Senate, they are free to enact it at the state level

    Then the veto should not apply to (more than a representative percent of) federal budgets. A shared project which states want to coordinate should not be vetoable by non-participants.

    If that can still be vetoed then the vetoing states have too much power and must be reined in

    • Rivalarrival@lemmy.today
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      4 hours ago

      A shared project which states want to coordinate should not be vetoable by non-participants.

      Rejected. Individual states are free to establish contractual arrangements with eachother. They can create and fund joint commissions for such shared projects.

      Where these “shared projects” are conducted and controlled by the federal government, there are no “non-participant” states. As participants in the federal government, these states have an interest in the budget of that government.