And making Senators LESS accountable to the people, and MORE accountable to the powers that be - will make them....
a) more likely to pass laws the people favor
b) more likely to pass laws entrenched interests favor
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And another Freeper who thinks he’s smarter than the Founding Fathers opens his yap.
Ensconced in Washington is untouchable. Repealing the 17th would make them more accountable to locals not less IMO. By appointment of the State would make elections of local officials all the more important. It’s how the Representative Republic form of government differs from the current form of Democracy. The US House was intended to be elected by the population, with shorter terms, thus ensuring that body would represent the current whims of the country. Hence the reason it is empowered to be the body that generates appropriation bills. The Senate was designed to house the elder statesmen of a State that had proven their wisdom and leadership, so as to act as the State’s voice in the Federal legislature. Plus general election of Federal Senators ensures that special interest money trumps political positions. That is one of the reasons why the status quo seems to be the goal of either parties “candidates” I believe.