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.
Good idea. The States need representation in Congress. Currently they have none.
Frank Ciani but the Amendments still have to be agreed to by 2/3 majority.
THANK YOU !!!!!!
I support this effort.
What’s wrong with just voting the clowns out. They don’t do right – they go back to private practice…, without a 200 grand retirement package. End of subject.
Bout time
The problem that I see is that the lobbyists would bring the corruption to the state level where it would be less likely found out.
This is a good idea.
The 17th admendment changed the orginal intent of representation. Go Utah.
Ok, then repeal the 13-th too!