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Committee hears HJ 25 urging repeal of 17th Amendment to return Senate selection to state legislatures
Summary
A sponsor presented House Joint Resolution 25 asking Montana’s legislature to urge Congress to propose an amendment repealing the Seventeenth Amendment and restoring selection and removal of U.S. senators by state legislatures; committee members questioned effects such as recall thresholds and state duties but no votes were recorded.
The House Energy Committee (hearing date not specified) heard an opening presentation on House Joint Resolution 25, which urges the U.S. Congress to propose a constitutional amendment repealing the Seventeenth Amendment and restoring selection of U.S. senators by state legislatures.
The sponsor described the resolution as a restoration of the framers’ original design to give state legislatures a direct voice in the Senate and argued the change would rebalance federalism, reduce Washington-centered influence, and make senators more accountable to state governments. The…
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