17th Ammendment: We don't have a separate House and Senate: We have two Houses. Patriots, a quick reminder that the "fixing" of our government must include a repeal of the 17th amendment.  The framers of our great Constitution voted 10-1 against the direct election of State Senators for a very important reason.  They fully intended for the States to have enormous power in our legislative process.  Their brilliant design called for each state to appoint not elect individuals to serve as US Senators.  Why?  So that each State Legislature had extremely influential voices in our congress.  The design also facilitated the ability of the State Legislatures to terminate the service of an appointed Senator at any time for any reason.   What do we have now?  We have two flavors of the SAME elected representatives.  Worse, we have elected Senators with 6-year terms which segue into lifetime jobs.  It's nearly impossible to oust a sitting Senator once they've been elected, and they know it. We have been robbed of an extremely important control over our politicians in Washington.  Our States have been robbed of their intended power to influence our national laws and their power to reign in the behavior of our Federal Government in all things. Patriots we must demand the repeal of the 17th Amendment. There are many sources of information about this worthy cause.  The Great One, Mark Levin has been a tireless advocate for the repeal of the 17th Amendment.  If you're just getting up to speed on the 17th Amendment issue, Levin's writings are a great place to start. Levin: "The United States Senate has no purpose since the 17th Amendment.” Levin: "The 17th was a mistake; it must go. If no other liberty amendment is ratified, THIS amendment is essential, and may just be sufficient, to restore free government. It returns the all-important structure of congress back to the Framers’ design. As component members of the republic, the presence of the states as political coequals in our lawmaking body is as vital as the presence of representatives of the people. Post 17th repeal senators will not only attend to their employers like their pre-1913 ancestors, Levin would empower state legislatures to recall their senators on a two-thirds vote. A tight state leash on one branch of congress will minimize the tendency of senators to “go native” soon after their arrival in Washington, DC. The effects of repealing the 17th will be staggering. No longer will anti-10th Amendment lawyers find seats on the federal bench. No longer will unfunded mandates burden state taxpayers. No longer will at-large, statewide, self-serving, popularly derived politicians called senators jump at every beck and call of a demagogic president. Wave adios to open borders and the hostile insertion of islamists into innocent communities. All good things are possible with repeal of the 17th Amendment. Free government is impossible without it." https://www.cnsnews.com/blog/michael-morris/levin-us-senate-has-no-purpose-adoption-17th-amendment http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3034400/posts http://articlevblog.com/2016/10/mark-levins-liberty-amendments-part-iv/