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R.I. House finally Ratifies 17th U.S. Constitutional Amendment: direct election of U.S. senators
Rhode Island Public Radio ^ | June 5, 2014 | Scott MacKay

Posted on 06/05/2014 7:41:43 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

That’s one amendment I’d like to take back.


21 posted on 06/05/2014 8:22:09 PM PDT by AU72
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To: Repeal 16-17
Sorry.

Freudian Slip. Fully support repeal the 16th, 17th, 18th, AND 19th.

And I ain't as keen on the 15th as I used to be neither.

22 posted on 06/05/2014 8:25:37 PM PDT by Kenny Bunk ( A disbarred gay Muslim lawyer from Kenya as POTUS? Sure! What could go wrong?)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks; Abathar; Abcdefg; Abram; Abundy; albertp; Alexander Rubin; Allosaurs_r_us; ..


Libertarian ping! Click here to get added or here to be removed or post a message here!

23 posted on 06/05/2014 8:36:25 PM PDT by bamahead (Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master. -- Sallust)
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To: sten
how are senators different from house members?

Senators are mostly elected by the RAT cities....Hence, RINO Senators.

24 posted on 06/05/2014 8:48:03 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves" Month.)
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To: Kenny Bunk

It was a subtle change but in reality a very big one.

The Senator’s powerbase is now Washington DC. That’s where they live and party. They only really come home to campaign.


25 posted on 06/05/2014 8:59:33 PM PDT by crusher2013
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To: ClearCase_guy

The several sovereign states created the confederated union to serve certain specified functions or purposes as set forth in a written constitution. Said states, as political entities in and of themselves, provided for their representation as sovereign entities in the federal government. The conceptual framework of federalism was fatally diluted by the 17th amendment. Now senators have to spend their time soliciting election funds.


26 posted on 06/05/2014 9:05:56 PM PDT by Elsiejay
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Ugh.

But at least this won’t actually make repealing it any harder.

Now the Senators bribe the people to vote for them, and extort contributions from “special interests” by threatening them with crippling legislation.


27 posted on 06/05/2014 10:13:51 PM PDT by Arthur McGowan
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To: Kenny Bunk

They haven’t repealed the 19th, but they should. If women couldn’t vote, there wouldn’t have been a single Democrat president in the past century.

I know a lot of women who would gladly give up voting, if it meant that all women could be prevented from voting.


28 posted on 06/05/2014 10:15:16 PM PDT by Arthur McGowan
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To: acapesket

The dopes do not own Providence, the Mafia owns Providence.


29 posted on 06/05/2014 10:28:02 PM PDT by gusty (9)
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To: Arthur McGowan

I would GLADLY give up the right to vote, if it meant all women could NOT vote!!! I live in CA. which is probably not a great place to judge the
female voters, but I will tell you I am DISGUSTED with the utter stupidity
of the female voters I work with!!!!!!!


30 posted on 06/05/2014 10:36:25 PM PDT by Kit cat (OBummer must go)
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17th Amendment Ping!
31 posted on 06/06/2014 1:34:29 AM PDT by Jacquerie (To restore the 10th Amendment, repeal the 17th. Article V.)
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To: gusty

“The dopes do not own Providence, the Mafia owns Providence.”

No the illegal aliens own Providence now. I lived in Providence when Petreaca ran the Mafia. It was a much better place to live then than it is now.


32 posted on 06/06/2014 2:43:51 AM PDT by heylady
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
"That system was widely criticized for breeding corruption as senate aspirants bribed lawmakers to secure the votes needed to win senate seats."

Well, I'm glad we fixed corruption in the US Senate so that a dirty, slimy, dingy politician like Harry Reid would never get elected to the Senate.

Whoops, the corrupt Reid has been not only elected to the Senate, he was voted by his peers to be their Leader. Yup, glad that's fixed.

33 posted on 06/06/2014 4:47:47 AM PDT by Jabba the Nutt (You can have a free country or government schools. Choose one.)
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To: gusty

truedat.


34 posted on 06/06/2014 6:49:19 PM PDT by acapesket
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To: Kit cat

The muslims would love to take away the women’s vote, so be careful what your wish for.


35 posted on 06/06/2014 7:12:17 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Of COURSE bacon is good for you!!!)
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To: Kit cat

Besides, Kalifornia is lousy with Democrat voters, so it’s not just the women who are dooming you.


36 posted on 06/06/2014 7:13:14 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Of COURSE bacon is good for you!!!)
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