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.
Your numbers are shrinking.
I bet the people saying they don’t like it never read it.
Mike Scott…am I to assume, that you sir, are either to stupid or too damn lazy to research and come up with your own solutions. ..or do you just want evertthing handed to you in a basket (the shape of a$#%&!@*….seems like that word flows so easily from you…guess you admire DICKWADS!!!
HERE LAZY….WWW.ONTHEISSUES.ORG
Good luck, but it ain’t gonna happen, especially with the procedure that is written in the Constitution to amend the Constitution.
It’s a better idea to air condition hell than to repeal a law putting large amount’s of money in politicians pockets.
For years I have known the 17th has got to go but asking Congress to change the way they get their job seems hopeless, probably have better luck asking them to reduce their salaries.
Think we need an Article 5 convention to make this happen, which presents a whole slew of other concerns
The difference I see is that the 17th changed the Constitution in a fundamental way, repealing would restore it.
Repealing the 17th Amendment is CRITICAL to taking back our nation.
I agree. The Senators need to answer to a smaller body.
The Senators need to come home every weekend? That’ll cost the taxpayers a pretty penny. You know damn well that they won’t be flying coach with us peons!