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.
That just because the Utah Senate wants to get the bribes to elect US senators..
3/4 of the states can convene a constitutional convention
The founders thought it was very important that the Senate was appointed and not elected. They envisioned what we have now with an elected Senate functioning rogue and ignoring their constituents.
It’s a start
Gregory Harris, 2/3 of both the US House and Senate and 3/4 of the States
who the heck wrote this article?
A freshman college student?
Jeez.
Lean some grammar and punctuation.
Please.
William Marquess and Don Worcester; So you’re okay with a. The people of the each state NOT having the right to vote for their Senators and
b. U.S. Senators being chosen by OTHER POLITICIANS? Not no but, hell no.
Damn Al. I knew you would do something like this. You stud! I remember having a few discussions about this with you.
I think many misunderstand this. First off, congress can change an amendment. Don’t know why you say they cant. Second, the senate was never a power for the people, that is what we have house reps for. The senate was appointed by the ststes to ensure that the house and the president did not trample the rights of the states. Tom Butler. You vote in your local state legislature, and that is where the accountability came in. The wonderful part is, if a senator was failing, he could be recalled by the legislators of the state. They didn’t answer to the people. The system was set up so that the house, the people’s reps, had all the legislation power, and the power of the purse. The senate made sure the states rights were protected, and the president took the country as a whole into Consideration. Because of the 17th amendment, the states lost power, they lost their protection, and the senate has become a second house where people and special interest groups go to sidestep their elected reps.
Repealing the 17th amendment would restore some great powers to the states, and eliminate mass issues like obamacare.