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To: FerdieMurphy

Good to see someone recognizes the 17th Amendment for what it is.


2 posted on 01/30/2006 6:26:12 AM PST by Leatherneck_MT (An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens.)
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To: Leatherneck_MT
“The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each state, chosen by the legislature thereof for six years, and each Senator shall have one vote.”

One notes that there is an implied term limit in the original version of six years.
83 posted on 01/30/2006 5:44:43 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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