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.
Uh, Congress can’t do that. Only another amendment can do that.
The congress can not repeal amendments.
You repeal an amendment by passing a new one, dumbkof
So we want the people that has the current political regime in power to appoint our Senators and not the people? I call b******t on that . Look at IL would you want a democratic majority in the legislature to appoint a Democrat of their closing?
Stfu weasel.
What an idiot.
The founders put in place away to amend parts of the Constitution.
Not the parts about God given rights but the stupid man made bs that plague are nation.
Some people don’t understand the process or what is even being discussed.
It’s typical to not try and school someone not willing to school themselves.
Open a book or search the web..
No one is going to do it for you.
Certified and did teach four years of history…educated enough. I don’t know everything, but enough. I also know how to find info…my research is published. I’m not a fool. Be careful who you insult; it just hurts you.
The 17th Amendment created Income Tax. Repeal it, Please. The Founders only wanted land owners taxed, because landing was wealth that could regenerate wealth. This tax is why we carry other nations, have fortunes for war, pay raises politicians.