Showing posts with label 17th Amendment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 17th Amendment. Show all posts
Saturday, April 27, 2013

Congress and Experience

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An earlier post noted that only 21 senators of the 113th Congress were serving in either chamber at the time of the last big tax reform (19...
Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Senate Nominations

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In our chapters on political parties and elections, we discuss ways in which parties nominate candidates for office.   At The Atlantic , Cha...
Monday, December 17, 2012

African American Senators

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South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley today announced that she will appoint Representative Tim Scott (R-SC) to succeed Jim DeMint in the Un...
Thursday, December 6, 2012

Note to Governor Haley: DON'T DO IT!

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The 17th Amendment (1913) established direct election of senators, as well as a means of filling vacant Senate seats . It lets state legis...
Friday, October 22, 2010

Repeal the 17th Amendment?

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Some in the "tea party" movement would repal the 17th Amendment (direct election of senators) . The Los Angeles Times disapprove...
Friday, May 14, 2010

Enlarge the House? Repeal the 17th Amendment?

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In Forbes , Bruce Bartlett writes: Congress' dysfunction is becoming so obvious and overwhelming that radical reforms are necessary. ...
Tuesday, April 13, 2010

What's Wrong with this Sentence?

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Adam Clayton Powell IV announced that he would challenge Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) in the Democratic primary. Rangel originally won the se...