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.
14th, 16th Amendments while you’re at it.
Hillary Clinton 2016
No
Plenty of evidence suggests the people are idiots.
Bret Miller I wonder why Utah made the hostile list!!!
no
Ban the 19th Amendment & the 18 to 20 year old’s right to vote amendment 1 that will save the cfountry.
Article V Convention of States is the only way.
I have news for the Utah Senate, Congress cannot amend the Constitution. It can only be done when ratified by the states.
Guess nobody read this. It said make the congressmen go home and the people of the state tell them how they will vote,not vote the way of special interest group