The 17th Amendment democratized Congress by allowing voters to elect senators rather than state legislatures electing, however, Congress is still mainly shaped from the framers of the Constitution. Examples of this would be bicameral legislatures, equal representation of states in the Senate, Senate ruling on filibuster, and the usage of a checks and balances system. The framers used a bicameral system because it was the only way they can end the stalemate between the large and small states at constitutional conventions. Another reason a bicameral legislature was used was because of the framers’ belief that the legislative branch, which is the branch that creates the laws for the government, should be a place where the public’s businesses should
