With respect to the Senate gthere is a famous (although perhaps apocrophal) story. George Washington and a friend were drinking tea while discussing the role of the Senate in the new proposed constitution. In those days tea was poured into the saucer to cool before drinking; --18th century people apparently were not fond of hot drinks. Washington poured tea from his cup into its, saucer, blew kon it land said "The Senate". I do not think that he foresaw many states of