What if we replaced the Senate with a "Council of the Governors"?

[Blue3]

What if we replaced the Senate with a "Council of the Governors"?

Instead of 100 Senators, whatever the House passed would be voted on by a Council made of the 50 Governors (and they wouldn't all need to be in the same place in order to vote on it, they could vote on it from their state capitol buildings). Perhaps the Council officially convenes one day a month, to review any bills the House has passed, with special sessions able to be called in case of emergency. It would probably be best if this "Council of the Governors" didn't write legislation, just reviewed the House's legislation. The Governor position in most states is largely powerless, this would give them something to do and make them more relevant.

(The GOP Senators like Murkowski and McCain, on-the-fence on ObamaCare and thinking of deferring to their Governors... and the fact that the Senate is supposed to exist as the voice of The States, but it was designed before near-instantaneous communication was invented... inspired this idea.)

[Blue3]

Or what if we scrapped the Senate altogether and replaced it with nothing so that our government would be more democratic and representative?

I've advocated for that too. This could be a half-way step.

[Blue3]

Or what if we scrapped the Senate altogether and replaced it with nothing so that our government would be more democratic and representative?

If the senate didn't exist, the "American" Health Care Act would be law right now.

Not if a majority of Governors vetoed it. Many GOP governors seemed quite opposed to it.