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.
He also a state senator, under the utah constitution election laws. Big difference.
I will take corruption at a local level where we can do something real to catch it, rather than the corruption at a federal level where if your party Control the doj, you will avoid prosecution. At least local politicians have to answer to local authority.
If members if congress went home every weeked, with travel on Friday and Monday, followed by actually working at least 8 hours a day from Tuesday to Thursday they would probably get more done.
Especially if ALL time off and away was canceled if they did not complete all bills and business before 20 September every year.
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Jim Celius
Appointed by people who will expect them to vote their way. That’s why we need the 17th.
Don’t mess with the Constitution you mess with one you be going after the others it’s our document this mans needs to impeached
The Comstitution can be change by Congress not bu the people. If I was you I’d double check your facts.
So how was the 18th amendment repealed? Hmmm… by creating the 21st amendment… idiot!!!
Scott Rogers amendments can only be created by votes of the states so who’s the idiot now