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Are you aware that various members of Congress are actively pursuing having the 17th Amendment over-turned?

Asked by Linda_Owl (7748points) August 15th, 2012

The 17th Amendment gives the American public the right to vote for their Senators. Various members of Congress want to see this amendment over-turned. They want to see this power revert back to the state legislators. This would mean that which-ever party is in power in the state legislators would get to appoint the Senators to the Senate. Most of the backers of this move are Republicans. They say that this should be done to return states rights. Personally, I disagree with this attempt to over-turn the 17th Amendment. While I don’t agree with a great many of our Senators, I think that the American public has the right to vote for whomever they chose as Senator.

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