Hey, it’s OK to disagree.
The biggest thing you need to do is repeal the 17th.
The United States Senate is an embarrassment on a daily basis.
Senators should be appointed by the states and replaced when needs be.
No more Mitch McConnell’s making deals and playing games.
> The biggest thing you need to do is repeal the 17th. <
Agreed. That’s even more important than term limits, in my opinion.
And from what I’ve read, one reason the 17th A was enacted was that state legislatures sometimes became deadlocked, and so sent no senator to DC. That is easily fixed by requiring a run-off between the top two contenders, with the state’s governor having a tie-breaking vote.
Then there was the problem of corruption, with senate candidates buying the votes of state legislators. That’s no worse than the lobbyists (and their money) who pollute the process now.
re: The biggest thing you need to do is repeal the 17th.
The United States Senate is an embarrassment on a daily basis.
Senators should be appointed by the states and replaced when needs be.
No more Mitch McConnell’s making deals and playing games.
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Hear! Hear!
Why wouldn't the KY legislature select McConnell?
Seems you would have a better chance electing a good Senator than relying on the state's party establishment.
And don't kid yourself, that's what would happen.
24th. I don't know why people keep focusing on those other amendments. The absolute worst one is the 24th, then the 26th, followed by the 14th, and perhaps then the 17th.
These other amendments have done far worse damage to the nation than the 17th.
The general public has no concept of what the state appointment of Senators was all about. Try explaining it to a college grad these days. Their eyes gloss over.
We’ll be pining for the halcyon days of Mitch when the 17th is repealed.