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> The Senate was never meant to be a democratically elected body.

This is true only for very bizarre definitions of "never".

> Until the enactment of the 17th Amendment in 1913 Senators where picked by the States.

That's pretty good evidence that from 1913 on, the Senate was meant to be a democratically elected body.



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