Repeal the 17th Amendment now...Our Founders envisioned the Senate as the "upper house," of Congress, with the senators selected by the individual state legislators and accountable to the states they were there to represent.
Our Congress, loosely modeled on the British Parliament had its the Senate loosely styled on the House of Lords, and our House of Representatives loosely styled on the House of Commons. The 17th Amendment which allowed for the popular election of Senators has turned the Senate into nothing more than a glorified house of representatives with six year terms...They have the egos and arrogance of princes and the ethics and coarse manners of skid row whores. They enjoy all the benefits of the Noblesse without the responsibilities of the Oblige. They may argue that the "answer to the people," but the fact of the matter is, they only do so every six years...and furthermore, the founders never intended them to answer to the people, but rather to the States.
We have become Rome.