Assertion: convention's state | /r/HasAspect | one vote
Facets:
value: in the convention
type: LOCATION
value: likewise
type: MANNER
value: in the second branch
type: LOCATION
value: in senate
type: LOCATION
value: no more
type: OTHER
value: in congress
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: Under the New Jersey Plan, as it was called, the Confederation Congress would remain unicameral with each state having one vote.
text: —representation ought to be apportioned by population, with larger states having more votes in Congress.
text: Mr. Sherman proposed that the proportion of suffrage in the 1st branch should be according to the respective numbers of free inhabitants; and that in the second branch or Senate, each State should have one vote and no more.
text: To illustrate the importance of these issues, consider that if every state had one vote in the convention and the convention could approve amendments with a simple majority vote, the 26 least populous states — which contain less than 18 percent of the nation’s people — could approve an amendment for ratification.
text: To illustrate the importance of these issues, consider that if every state had one vote in the convention and the convention could approve amendments with a simple majority vote, the 26 least populous states — which contain less than 18 percent of the nation’s people — could approve an amendment for ratification.
text: For example, would votes in the convention be allocated among states according to population or would every state have one vote?
text: If every state likewise has one vote in a new convention, small states with a minority of the country