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.
Lol
Weak and delusional!
The 17 th amendment took power away from the states and gave it to the federal government. State legislatures could remove a bad senator and replace him under the old rules. Being they didn’t run for office there was no need for a slush fund and selling their votes. Now they can serve for life and never worry about being removed as long they had money. They can committ crimes all day every day and no one calls them on it.
Dumb
This is a great first step towards returning our country to its intended form.
Nonsense. The 17th Amendment was a bad idea when it was passed by the progressives if the early 20th century. We have successfully repealed several amendments in the past without touching the Bill of Rights (the first ten amendments).
Wish he would demand term limits.
Can congress actually do that?
Bad idea, they need to be voted in by the people, not bought by special interest groups.
Also term limits need to be established
I agree