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.
http://www.care2.com/go/z/e/AvCgY/zoyz/CMIL0
Exactly. The House is to represent the people. The Senate is to represent the States’ interests. Right now, nobody is representing the States, and the States are losing their sovereignty.
No they shouldn’t. People are stupid.
Do not go near the Constitution right now . Temperature too hot . It is the only thing holding liberals from going wild
Article 5 convention not a good time right now . Agreed
Not to mention her threatening the lives of the women Bill liked , using Clinton foundation to sell our resources under farmers out west and ranchers to Chinese and Russia . Then having the few that protected their land thrown in jail , families .. Still there . One assassinated … And her role in child trafficking ..
Yes , she indulged more than a few times . Witness to that said Bill was not her problem , Hillary was !!
Leave our constitution alone!!
So we go back to senators beholden to special interest groups indirectly thru the state elected officials like the ones passing HB2 in North Carolina. Why not a new amendment to cut off ANY money for any political purpose from any business and all political donations to be identified by name, address and am out.
Actually the Congress can repeal an Amendment, it just needs to be ratified by 2/3 of the States.
I’m OK with this.