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.
The people of the state choose who they want and then one of them is selected among the ones already elected. If the State elected officials do not feel that individual is following the peoples of the states dictate they make a change to someone who will. This was a change to our constitution and could once again be changed. I suppose you are against that democratic process working because you don’t agree with something!
Hrm. I still think we’d be better served by term limits instead
Never happen under Trumps watch
It’s not… Clinton is corrupt and a criminal.
GREAT WORK!
John Martinez did you even read the article? What am I missing here?
The system is not broken.. is a system that works. It’s a fair system. Stop crying cuz a corrupt criminal Clinton didn’t win. The american people want Trump, stop crying and move on.
How so… it’s a fair system. If not, only democrat would be the only ones being elected. Stop crying.
ABSOLUTELY NOT
Read what he is saying