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Re:How Elon Musk exposed billions in questionable Pentagon s... by nickff on Saturday May 14, 2016 @06:57PM (#11698437)
Senators are there to represent their state's interests, not those of the nation; this is very clear from the fact that it was originally the government of the state that selected the senator, rather than the populace. You are forgetting the "States" part of the "United States of America".
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Re:How Elon Musk exposed billions in questionable Pentagon s... by 1123581321 on Saturday May 14, 2016 @10:04PM (#11699028)
It's expected that the Constitution doesn't contradict a state's longer-term interests (senators serve longer terms than those in congress) and if it does, it will be amended.

Note that's quite different from saying senators should serve the interests of a national government.

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