Read the excerpt below and answer the question.
...and that no State, without its Consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in the Senate.
What does the phrase "equal Suffrage" refer to in this excerpt from the Constitution?
that every senator's vote counts as much as that of the others
that each state, no matter its size, has the same number of representatives in the Senate
that every senator is elected directly by the people
that every senator's vote is equal to that of every member of the House of Representatives