Given its six year, staggered terms and indirect elections by state legislatures, the Senate was designed to
a. react quickly to public pressure or crises.
b. slow down the pace of legislation and cool popular passions.
c. consider the input of the people, not elites, when considering laws.
d. be more unified around partisan principles than the House.
b. slow down the pace of legislation and cool popular passions.
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