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.
Term limits are a must, but I feel that the people should be the ones electing any position that will be making policy or laws to govern them.
To begin with congress cannot delete amendments. As a state legislature he should know that.
Yeah that’s just what we need our SLEEZY state senators putting their butt buddies in the the US Senate !!! Think we’ll just leave that up to WeThe People to pick who represents us !!!
They don’t really have cause now do they.
No.
Zero!!!?
No the constitution stands as is.
Why do people want to change what has worked for the nation for so long????
It is where the evil started.
They passed a Constitutional Amendment to make Senators accountable to the people, instead of corrupt State legislatures. State Legislatures aren’t any less corrupt than they were then, Federal government simply has more power. Term limits are a better answer than taking away my right to vote my Senator out or in and giving it to the State.
Senators were to be appointed to office by the state they were to serve the best interests of the state not the people. The house is the people’s voice the senators got it changed so that they could become career politician not to benefit we the people!!!!!!!!