Refer to the passage. Another advantage accruing from this ingredient in the constitution of the Senate is, the additional impediment it must prove against improper acts of legislation. No law or resolution can now be passed without the concurrence, first, of a majority of the people, and then, of a majority of the States. It must be acknowledged that this complicated check on legislation may in some instances be injurious as well as beneficial; and that the peculiar defense which it involves in favor of the smaller States, would be more rational, if any interests common to them, and distinct from those of the other States, would otherwise be exposed to peculiar danger. But as the larger States will always be able, by their power over the supplies, to defeat unreasonable exertions of this prerogative of the lesser States, and as the faculty and excess of law-making seem to be the diseases to which our governments are most liable, it is not impossible that this part of the Constitution may be more convenient in practice than it appears to many in contemplation.

–Federalist, no. 62

Which result of the Constitutional Convention most affects current lawmaking in Congress?

A) Unless compromise occurs, gridlock will poison the legislative process and make government impossible.
B) Smaller states must compromise with larger states because smaller states are economically dependent on larger states.
C) Larger states are unable to overpower smaller states because the Senate can stop any legislation that they do not like.
D) The power of large states, as represented in the House, is limited by the power of small states, as represented in the Senate.