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Representative proposes resolution urging repeal of 17th Amendment; committee questions recall standard
Summary
Representative Tom Millett presented House Joint Resolution 25, which urges Congress to repeal the 17th Amendment and return selection of U.S. senators to state legislatures; Millett proposed provisions for selection, liaison committees, state-paid salaries and a removal mechanism by state legislatures. Committee members questioned the simple-majority removal standard and whether Montana’s U.S. senators support the measure. No vote was recorded.
Representative Tom Millett (House District 2) presented House Joint Resolution 25 to the House Energy, Technology and Federal Relations Committee, urging Montana’s congressional delegation and the U.S. Congress to propose an amendment repealing the 17th Amendment and offering specific replacement language.
Millett said the proposed amendment would repeal the current direct-election method and return selection of U.S. senators to state legislatures, with each senator serving six-year terms and subject to…
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