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Utah Senate approves resolution urging repeal of 17th Amendment after extended floor debate
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The Utah Senate voted to send a joint resolution to the House calling for repeal of the U.S. Constitution's Seventeenth Amendment after extended floor debate over state power versus direct election of U.S. senators.
The Utah Senate voted to send a joint resolution to the House urging repeal of the Seventeenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution after an extended debate on the Senate floor.
Sen. Jerry Jackson, sponsor of Senate Joint Resolution 2, framed repeal as a means to restore a state-level check on federal authority, saying the original design "was to protect the people from a runaway federal government" and arguing states should have greater power over federal decision-making. He told colleagues the change…
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