<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishWalituachia sisi uamuzi, sio kwa uchunguzi wa maoni au hata kwa wawakilishi wetu wa kisiasa ambao ni karibu zaidi na watu, lakini kwa wawakilishi wetu wa kisiasa wa juu zaidi, Seneti.  <response>: Essentially, they left the judgment to us--not to an opinion poll or even to our political representatives who are closest to the people but to our most senior political representatives, the Senate. 