The corruption will just shift to state legislatures, after the 17th is gone.
First - protection of the large Russian population in eastern Ukraine.
Second - a defensible land bridge to the Black Sea, which is the only 12 month a year, warm water port, that Russia has.
The corruption will just shift to state legislatures, after the 17th is gone.
17th Amendment fantasy. They failed to realize that corruption was a problem in the early 20th Century. Remember Governor Blagojevich attempting to sell Obama's seat in the Senate? It was kinda like that.
I think we messed up with the 19th Amendment because America basically became a democracy at that point and the federal government has expanded rapidly ever since then.
I’d rather deal with a state capitals vs fedzilla and K street...
Remove the 17th and Every lobbyists now will have to deal with Every capital and state Senate and state House reps... whole Lotta work and way less likely to be successful..