The Utah Senate asked Congress to repeal the 17th Amendment, which was ratified under the Progressive’s of 1913. Utah has boldly challenged a system that was never the intent of the Founding Fathers and suggests that the 17th Amendment has resulted in Senators being bound to special interest groups, that donate enormous sums of money for the Senator’s re-election, and not representing the needs of the people of Utah.
The bill’s sponsor, Sen. Al Jackson of Utah, believes that Senators need to “come home every weekend and take direction from their state legislative (sic) body and from the House and the Governor on how they should vote in the upcoming week.”
Passing with 20-6 SJR2 was sent to the House. It demands that Congress repeal the 17th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
Read a history of the 17th Amendment and why Utah has made such a bold call to action on the following page.
Verrrrrry interesting, and a smart move on the part of the states to even out the disparity in power that now exists where the feral (sic) government lords it over the states.
Read more about history. We have not had a representative government since the passage of the 17th amendment to the constitution. It should be repealed. Also, term limits mandatory. If we don’t fix this, adios America.
The first 10 amendments, are the ones shouldn’t be touched. We need to establish term limits and weed out the career politicians. There’s too much money in politics, they are there to protect the rights and interest of the people, not their wallets.
You really want Obama to stay in office longer than he has????The 22 nd Amendment makes that impossible!!
Nobody changes a$#%&!@*thing,and if you support this you deserve to have ALL your rights taken away that are protected by it..selfish pricks..
The part in the article that says “state legislators would elect the senators”….no, because they elect their buddies and we would be worse off.
Repealing would just create more good ole boy politics
Why don’t we just repeal him!!!
Well, the amendments did change the original Constitution. We didn’t have an income tax prior to the 16th amendment in 1913. Senators were also appointed by state legislators to represent state interests prior to 1913…….
FU ! Don’t like the way it is then you can leave with the rest of those liberal idiots threatening to leave. Bye bye