[Political Junkie Too]

Maybe I was too quick in my responce.

Equal suffrage, equal representation, equal voting, all mean the same thing in the Senate because the purpose of Senators is to vote on bills.

The 17th amendment didn't change the voting power of a state in the Senate because it didn't change the count of Senators for each state.

Changing the way a Senator is selected may change how the state's delegation votes on a particular bill, but it doesn't change the equal voting power of a state in the Senate.

-PJ

[SeeSharp]

The 17th amendment didn't change the voting power of a state in the Senate

Sure it did. It completely eliminated the voting power of the states. Now only the people get to vote for Senators. The states have no representation at all.

Equal suffrage, equal representation, equal voting, all mean the same thing

Can you find a dictionary which agrees with that? Suffrage and representation are completely different things.

[Uncle Sham]

What changed is who ultimately controlled the senator, the state legislatures, or the people. We need to enable the state legislatures to regain their control over senators who refuse to represent the interest of their states. My suggestion of having the legislatures themselves provide the candidates would still enable the popular election required by the 17th as well as restore this control.