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The Seventeenth Amendment (Amendment XVII) to the United States Constitution established the direct election of United States senators in each state. The amendment supersedes Article I, Section 3 , Clauses 1 and 2 of the Constitution, under which senators were elected by state legislatures .
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Goals floated by the movement include a constitutional amendment imposing term limits on a variety of federal officials, a repeal of the 17th amendment and a limit on the size of the U.S. Supreme ...
The Rhode Island General Assembly took 101 years to ratify the Constitution's Seventeenth Amendment. Rhode Island took 101 years to call a vote on ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment, which began the direct election of senators. The measure came into force in 1913, but the Rhode Island General Assembly did not take up debate on it until ...
A family member reported the two men missing to Skamania County police at around 1 a.m. on Dec. 25. A “grueling” three-day search was conducted for the men as over 60 volunteer search and ...
Companies that spend large sums in the United States will be fast-tracked for environmental and other kinds of permits, President-elect Donald Trump said.. Trump announced his plan in a social ...
The Seventeenth Amendment may refer to the: Seventeenth Amendment of the Constitution of India, 1964 amendment relating to the acquisition of property by government; Seventeenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland, relating to cabinet confidentiality; Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan, granting more power to the ...