President Obama, please:
Repeal the 17th Amendment

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Remember what your Senate was created to do.
by pegwinn · added Thu Jan 01 08:59:44 -0800 2009 Discuss or Edit

Formerly, Senators received guidance from state legislatures who appointed them. The 17th cut the State of TX out of the shell of federalism. If the State of CA felt that Senator Binotz wasn’t conveying the sense of the State to the Fed he was recalled. Now the Senate works for the voters and are doing the job of the House. Write your state .gov, urge them to closely convey the sense of the State.

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One size fits all government isn't working
by volkris · added Sat Mar 21 07:53:38 -0700 2009 Discuss or Edit

The federal government spends a lot of time squabbling, trying to find solutions that fit the entire country. Is it any wonder?

Different states have very different needs and wants. If we restored relevance to state government the process would be much better for all.

Repeal of the 14th Amendment is a good step toward this goal, helping us all get government we want and need.

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RESTORE THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF THE FOUNDING FATHERS.
by Bladen · added Tue May 26 10:53:00 -0700 2009 Discuss or Edit

RESTORE THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF THE FOUNDING FATHERS. This would eliminate senators running for office and the pressure to obtain funds and the influence of national lobbyists.
State legislatures are closer to their constituents than the current senators and more likely to listen to their constituents. They in turn would have more influence on their senators than the powerful national lobbies now have because of their ability to raise money for the senators from outside of their states.

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opposed I'm amazed at the number of anti-democratic priorities.
Supporting eliminate the electoral college system
by John Francis Lee · added Mon Nov 24 06:04:32 -0800 2008 2 discussions or Edit

I had no idea there were this many reactionaries left in the United States. This guy wants US senators chosen by state legislatures. Regressive. He hates his own freedom. We need to continue delivering power to the people and eliminate the electoral college, not to regress to the days of slavery. The next proposal will be to recognize some subset of Americans as 3/5’s of a person.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventeenth_Amendment_to_the_United_St...
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Mike1953 (endorses) Mon Mar 23 19:26:23 -0700 2009

In the original Constitution, the Senators were supposed to be representatives for the the individual States legislators. A Senator who represented his/her state legislature would NEVER vote for unfunded federal mandates! A Senator who represented his/her state legislature would vote to limit federal size and power. That would be a good thing.
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Okie (endorses) Thu Jan 21 06:36:14 -0800 2010

As it stands, thanks to the seventeenth amendment, the state government has no representation in Washington. The founders were not just a bunch of bright guys come together with a great idea. They were representatives selected and sent by their individual states to form a more perfect union of states, not the Federal behemoth the big government progressive movement has turned it into today.
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Sally (endorses) Thu Jan 21 10:51:56 -0800 2010

I agree. One of the predominant lines from the new Massachusetts senator was how it’s not Kennedy’s seat or the democrat’s seat, “it’s the people’s seat.” However, it is really the state of Massachusetts seat. Zell Miller had it right when he proposed a vote to remove the 17th ammendment to the Constitution. States are no longer represented and we are all feeling the repercussions.
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