Edit: 17. Q. 17 No one noticed that on the conversation thus far below.
Original:
Direct election of US Senators. This amendment, on its Fucking face most changed how our country was established. If this didn’t happen, Republicans would hold a MASSIVE majority in the US senate. MASSIVE. There is no local pressure on our county/district officials. None. Everyone looks to Washington. REPEAL THIS. NOW.
1913 coincidence?
The Seventeenth Amendment restates the first paragraph of Article I, section 3 of the Constitution and provides for the election of senators by replacing the phrase “chosen by the Legislature thereof” with “elected by the people thereof.” In addition, it allows the governor or executive authority of each state, if authorized by that state’s legislature, to appoint a senator in the event of a vacancy, until a general election occurs.
https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/generic/SeventeenthAmendment.htm https://www.archives.gov/legislative/features/17th-amendment
Wait?! So Senators used to be selected by the state legislatures and then it was changed to them being elected by the people of the state? Am I understanding that correctly?
That’s what I read
That's the truth. Senators are intended to represent their states, reps are intended to represent the people.
Yes. But now we all just watch national news and blame our local problems on DC. So much happens in our own backyards that feeds that monster and we overlook it all.