Constitutional amendments to elect senators by popular vote were introduced in House of Representatives during every session from 1893 to 1902. The Senate, however, fearing the change would diminish its political influence, rejected them all. Widespread public support for change came in 1892 when the...
Those who opposed this amendment maintained that this change in the process for electing senators only diminished the level of representation formerly held by the states. They also claimed that state legislatures would sink into disgrace now that they had no power to elect U.S. Senators. These ...
Seventeenth Amendment, amendment (1913) to the U.S. Constitution that provided for the direct election of U.S. senators by the voters of the states. It altered the electoral mechanism established in Article I, Section 3, of the Constitution, which had pr
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Nearly a century ago, the Seventeenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution worked a substantial change in American government, dictating that the people should elect their senators by popular vote. Despite its significance, there has been little written about what the Amendment means or how it ...
A proposed Constitutional amendment to change the way Pennsylvania elects state judges may be on the spring ballot, if some Republican lawmakers get their way.
Amendments to the U.S. Constitution The full text of the Amendment as originally ratified is: Section 1—The terms of the President and Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3d day of January, of the ...
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Section 1 specifically says that “The terms of the President and the Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3d day of January.” Prior to theTwentieth Amendment,these dates were set for March 4. ...
Multiple Republican senators said the holdup is due to Democrats protesting certain amendment votes related to border and immigration.