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Ben Sasse Calls for Repealing 17th Amendment, Eliminating Popular-Vote Senate Elections
“What would the Founding Fathers think of America if they came back to life?” Sasse wrote. “Their eyes would surely bug out first at our technology and wealth. But I suspect they’d also be stunned by the deformed structure of our government. The Congress they envisioned is all but dead. The Senate in particular is supposed to be the place where Americans hammer out our biggest challenges with debate. That hasn’t happened for decades—and the rot is bipartisan.”
Brittany Bernstein
National Review
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Ben Sasse Calls for Repealing 17th Amendment, Eliminating Popular-Vote Senate Elections
Ben Sasse Calls for Repealing 17th Amendment, Eliminating Popular-Vote Senate Elections
Senator Ben Sasse (R., Neb.) called to repeal the 17th Amendment on Tuesday, which would eliminate the requirement that U.S. senators be elected by popular votes.In a Wall Street Journal op-ed titled “Make the Senate Great Again,” Sasse called for an end to the amendment, among other changes to...
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Brittany Bernstein
National Review
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