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.
Once the snowball gets rolling there’s no stopping it…
I agree with this one.
I’d say the first 10Amendments are Inviolate, but the 17th increased Federal Power at the expense of the States. We should return to the situation where State Legislatures elect Senators. After all, the Senate is the Chamber of the States.
Why do you post such obvious lies?
I agree. It is BS. State elections should matter. If this were the case now, with the avalanche of GOP victories precipitated by the supreme arrogance of Obama in foisting the disaster of Obamacare on us there is a good chance it would have been repealed via veto over ride by now. Amnesty by executive action would be DOA. This b******t of repeating the European Muslim immigration super wave would be DOA.
Hooray!!!!!!
Noooooooo!
As much as I’d like to see the 17th repealed; it unfortunately will not occur.
I would rather just outlaw political parties, and institute term limits for ALL governmental employees, local to federal. Vote for the person, not a party, and no government “careers” of any kind.
at best you’ll just move the money chasing closer to home (maybe). better to get the big money out of our political system.