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First, before the current federal system, we had a confederation of strong state governments. Poor cooperation led to the change to the federal system.
Second, the federal government was still not very powerful until it was allowed to collect income tax in 1909. Since then the power of the states has been eroded despite the complaints of the "states' rights" crowd.
It seems to me that the EU is more like a confederation than a US-style federation.
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