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MO SCR53
Concurrent Resolution
Status
Introduced
3/1/2010
Primary Sponsor
Chuck Purgason
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AI Summary
- Declares the current process of electing U.S. Senators through popular vote to be defective and requests Congress transmit an amendment to the 17th Amendment for state consideration
- Asserts that the 17th Amendment's 1913 ratification shifted Senate elections from state legislatures to popular vote, thereby removing states' direct voice in federal government
- Claims that direct state legislative election of Senators would restore the constitutional balance of power between federal and state governments as intended by the Founding Fathers
- Instructs the Missouri Senate Secretary to send copies of the resolution to the President, U.S. Senate President, U.S. House Speaker, and Missouri's congressional delegation
Legislative Description
Requests Congress to amend the Seventeenth Amendment to allow state legislatures to elect members of the United States Senate
Last Action
Referred S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee
3/1/2010
Committee Referrals
Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics3/1/2010
Full Bill Text
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