Thursday, February 10, 2011

The Seventeenth Summary 02-10-2011 PM

Why The 17th Amendment Was Not a Good Idea
When the 17th Amendment of The U.S. Constitution was enacted, it changed the election process to allow for a direct-election by the voters of their State's ...

Militant Libertarian » Our Masonic Constitution
By Militant Libertarian
They fought the Ten Articles of Amendment (the Bill of Rights) right up till December, 1791. They nullified their own Constitution in 1913 with the 17th Amendment. This provided for the direct election of Senators. ...

Newsvine - Why the 17th amendment is destroying our country from ...
The 17th amendment which the states had passed in a hurry did not realize the ramifications later on that they just gave license for the Federal government ...

Overcome your fear of a constitutional convention
Nolan Chart LLC
This change in our form of government, combined with the 17th Amendment that same dark year of 1913, has led us toward a representative democracy ...

Republican Senator Wants Deeper Spending Cuts
Fox News
My guest says this is no time to wimp out, Republican Senator Mike Lee joining me now. But all I know, Senator, is these figures get smaller and smaller. ...

Senator: Jobs programs out of control
The Desert Sun
The federal government spends $18 billion a year on 47 separate job training programs run by nine different agencies. ...

Utah's Tea Party Senator Not Ready To Endorse Orrin Hatch | TPMDC
By Evan McMorris-Santoro
Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) spent more than a few minutes on stage together last night at a Tea Party Express town hall in Washington. But for some strange reason, Hatch's impending reelection fight -- which...

Utah Legislature: Fighting Fair with the Feds
KUER
Ivory also calls his bill a "soft repeal" of the 17th Amendment, which gave the power to elect US Senators to the people instead of state legislators. ...

Jon Kyl to Retire From Senate, Is Open to Being Vice Presidential Candidate
AOL News
Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl announced Thursday that he will not seek re-election to the Senate for a fourth term in 2012. At a press conference in Phoenix, ...

List of possible Democratic contenders for Webb's Senate seat lengthens
Washington Post
Jim Webb (D), who announced his retirement Wednesday, the list of possible Democratic candidates for US Senate next year is growing -- and growing. ...

News Sentinel
After 34 years in the US Senate, Richard Lugar's campaign staff recently mailed an impressive information packet intended to convince 500000 Hoosier ...

Will Google testify at Senate antipiracy hearing?
CNET (blog)
Ahead of a Senate hearing to discuss online piracy scheduled for next Wednesday, Leahy's staff has met in recent days with representatives of Google and ...

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