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.
Glad to see people still know how the framers intented things to be..
If one amendment is repealed these liberal socialist democrats will repeal them all. NO WAY should we agree to this
We need to repeal both the 16th and the 17th Amendments. That would put the two missing legs back under the table to keep it up right and not fall..
Traitor…sold your soul
The whole system is antiquated and severely out of date plus out of touch . The PEOPLE should be able to vote their destiny and not a single person that can be bribed or bought . With the retina recognition technology along with finger prints there’s absolutely no reason PEOPLE can’t vote on bills and legislation that affects them . Just thinking about never hearing the words “bipartisan” gives me goosebumps . Plus look at all the $$$ saved for offices, housing, health care, and retirements for all those losers .
No,there needs to be no changed to our Constitution
NO FREAKING WAY
if he comes up for election in Nov VOTE him OUT…….
No change for the constitution no if ands or buts attempting to do so is blasphemy.. Its exactly what the gov wants to do already they want to change all amendment s… So why would you call for such a thing if we call to have it changed then the government will just change whenever and however the want and go willy nilly on it… Don’t say something like that for any reason best our constitution is just left alone its in to much jeapordy as it stands… Sorry to burst your bubble
You start making changes to the constitution then nothing is off limits,it’s fine the way it is our forefathers were intelligent ppl and the constitution was written to protect us from those who are only interested in self gain.