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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: Why did the US founding fathers make the house of representatives a 2 year election but the Senate 6 years?
gpt
Representatives were intended to be regular citizens, who were expected to go back to their careers. Senators were more like career politicians, professional legislators.

Of course, once someone gets into congress and feels the power and sees what a gravy train it is, they tend to never leave.