"How much am I bid for this man's senate seat? Do I hear an undersecretary position and $1,000,000? Ambassadorship and $1,500,000?"
I was far more eager to repeal the 17th before Blago was caught selling a seat in the Senate.
"How much am I bid for this man's senate seat? Do I hear an undersecretary position and $1,000,000? Ambassadorship and $1,500,000?"
I was far more eager to repeal the 17th before Blago was caught selling a seat in the Senate.
From what I've been able to find about the 17th amendment, Blago's antics are exactly the reason it was proposed and ratified in the first place.
Well, not his antics, specifically. But, the process of "electing" Senators was rife with corruption.