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.
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Don’t waste your breath Roger…they don’t get it…I doubt 1/2 of them even read it…and 1/2 of THOSE won’t understand it if they did read it. That is the problem with our world today. *sigh
AGREE !!!!!!
Don’t bother John Mahon…lol…these stooges have no idea what this article is even about or what the 17th Amendment even IS. This is mindless blabber about what they THINK it means. They THINK this guy wants to change the constitution.(when he really just wants to change it BACK to it’s original state) they are clueless blobs of brain matter. Don’t waist your breath. Some of us understand what this is about and many just don’t get it…even AFTER they have read it. (rolling my eyes) Loving the attacks about color and political leanings…lol…none of which has any bearing on any of this at all…lol….
John Martinez huh?? lol…..
and What is wrong with the 17th amendment Senator – is it the House or the Senate that the founding fathers “did not intend”…is it because you don’t like the idea that the PEOPLE vote them into office? To repeal that the government be resented from the PEOPLE up? This is only the agenda of people determined to DESTROY the country and the stupidity of people who ALLOW it…UTAH people better think long and hard before they re-elect Al Jackson as he sponsored this bill and wants to BETRAY YOU AND the US…WAKE UP UTAH…
LOL…It already WAS CHANGED!! Back in 1913!! This is saying they want to return it to it’s ORIGINAL form…..that is what “repeal” means. It will give the control BACK to the people and state…and take it away from the federal government. Our devious government amended the constitution in 1913 WITH the 17th amendment!! IT WAS ADDED!! DUH….and it gave away our control to the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT! It would benefit the people of ALL political sides to regain that control….where our for-fathers intended it to be all along. This neither a conservative nor liberal issue. It is about giving ALL PEOPLE back the control that we need over our states and senators.
Claudette Philbrook LOL….shut up and sit down…
,you must of voted for Hillary you act just like the other idiots !
LOL…It already WAS CHANGED!! Back in 1913!! This is saying they want to return it to it’s ORIGINAL form…..that is what “repeal” means. It will give the control BACK to the people and state…and take it away from the federal government. Our devious government amended the constitution in 1913 WITH the 17th amendment!! IT WAS ADDED!! DUH….and it gave away our control to the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT! It would benefit the people of ALL political sides to regain that control….where our for-fathers intended it to be all along. This neither a conservative nor liberal issue. It is about giving ALL PEOPLE back the control that we need over our states and senators.