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.
throw. him. in. jail
This has nothing to do with TRUMP. I voted for Trump!! This about giving the PEOPLE back the control and taking it away from the special interest groups!! WTH are you all babbling on about?? This is neither right nor left….it is about lessening the influence of special interest groups and $$. WE ALL SHOULD BE FOR THAT! That is what repealing the 17th Amendment would do. Give the power and control back to the people/the state, where it BELONGS and was originally intended. YOU don’t want that??? Being Republican, Democrat, BLACK or WHITE has no bearing in ANY OF THIS! This is why our country is so effed up…you all are so ignorant and ready to blame and fight about stuff and you have no clue how stupid and ignorant you sound!! *sigh
no you’re not messing with United States Constitutionution ,so just get it out of your head !!!!
Better than term-limits.
Yes. The senate was originally planned as a representative for the states interest with the house set up for the people.
This would effectively be term limits.
Good luck with taht.
Haaaa! It has to go through congress. So good luck with that.
This was not in the constitution, it was an amendment. Used to eliminate the states from having a say.
Congress does not do$#%&!@*for anything.