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Amendment 17 is concerned with the election of these?
Senators. Up till then, the state legislatures elected Senators. Now the people of the states would.
What amendment lets people elect senators?
The 17th Amendment calls for citizens of the state to elect their state senators. Before the 17th Amendment, the state governor would appoint the senators.
How many US senators to pass an amendment?
To pass an amendment in the United States, it requires a two-thirds majority of both houses of Congress. There are 100 senators in total, so at least 67 senators would need to vote in favor of the amendment for it to pass.
What did the seventeenth amendment establish?
The provisions of the seventeenth amendment were that the U.S. senators would be elected by the people.
What would increase the number of senators?
If the United States were to add a 51st state, the senate would increase. There are 2 senators for every state, so with 50 states, the U.S Senate currently holds 100 senators. If Puerto Rico, for example, were to become a state, they would be able to elect two senators to represent them in the U.S Senate, making the U.S Senate consist of 102 senators.
How did United States Senators get into office before 1913?
In the 1800s, Senators were chosen by the legislatures of the various states. Article 1 Section 1 Clause 1. This was changed in 1913, by the 17th Amendment, which provided that Senators would be chosen by the people in the same way the Representatives were.
Who said voters in a state not state legislatures would elect their own senators to Congress.?
The Seventeenth Amendment for A+ -MG
Who elects the Senators of a state?
After the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913, Senators are by law directly elected by the voters in their respective states. Before 1913 it was up to the states to decide how they would choose their Senators. Some were directly elected, some were chosen by State Legislatures.
Who did the Framers entrust the selection of US senators to?
Senators were chosen by the legislatures of the various states. Article 1 Section 1 Clause 1. This was changed in 1913, by the 17th Amendment, which provided that Senators would be chosen by the people in the same way the Representatives were.
Who were the senators chosen by before the 17th amendment was adopted?
Before the ratification of the 17th Amendment each state's legislature elected the two U.S. Senators. Direct election of Senators allowed to voting public to vote for the Senators of their choice.
How did the seventeenth amendment change the election process?
Prior to the 17th Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1913 a Senator was elected by their home state's house of representatives. The 17th Amendment changed this process making Senators directly electable by the people.
Could congress pass a law that would reduce the number of senators from the state of Rhode Island to one?
The number of senators per state is a provision of the US constitution and it therefore can only be changed by a constitutional amendment. Congress would be able to propose such an amendment, if it wished to do so, but the amendment would have to be ratified by the state legislatures before it would become part of the constitution.
