Bill Text: GA HR1130 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: United States Congress; repeal Seventeenth Amendment to Constitution; urge
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-23 - House Second Readers [HR1130 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-HR1130-Introduced.html
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House
Resolution 1130
By:
Representatives Cooke of the
18th,
Clark of the
98th,
Dutton of the
166th,
Dudgeon of the
24th,
Brockway of the
101st,
and others
A
RESOLUTION
Urging
the United States Congress to repeal the Seventeenth Amendment to the United
States Constitution; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
the original intent of the authors of the United States Constitution with regard
to the legislative branch was to divide the legislature into two different
branches, and both of these branches were to have different modes of election
and different principles of action; and
WHEREAS,
James Madison in the Federalist Papers No. 45 stated, "The Senate will be
elected absolutely and exclusively by the State legislatures"; and
WHEREAS,
the original purpose of the United States Senate was to protect the sovereignty
of the states from the federal government and to give each individual state
government representation in the federal legislative branch of government;
and
WHEREAS,
the Seventeenth Amendment has resulted in a large federal government with power
and control that cannot be checked by the states; and
WHEREAS,
with the repeal of the Seventeenth Amendment, no law or resolution could be
passed without the concurrence of a majority of the representatives of the
people and a majority of the representatives of the states; and
WHEREAS,
the restoration of the United States Constitution by repealing the Seventeenth
Amendment would provide that the United States Senators be accountable to their
respective state legislatures by whom they were elected; and
WHEREAS,
since the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913, the size and scope
of the federal government has grown exponentially and severely weakened the
powers held by the individual states and the people as acknowledged by the Tenth
Amendment to the United States Constitution; and
WHEREAS,
the United States Senate was designed to protect the rights and interests of the
individual states, and the repeal of the Seventeenth Amendment would help to
prevent the many unfunded mandates and unconstitutional laws passed onto those
states by the federal government.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA that the members of
this body urge the United States Congress to repeal the Seventeenth Amendment to
the United States Constitution.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized
and directed to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to the Vice
President of the United States, the Speaker of the United States House of
Representatives, each member of the Georgia Congressional delegation, and the
presiding officer of each house of the legislature in each state.
