Elwar
05-25-2010, 05:47 AM
Ever since the 17th Amendment, which allows the people to choose their senators as opposed to the state legislature, the states have lost a lot of their power to the federal government.
Since senators are so heavily influenced by lobbyists, wouldn't it be prudent for individual states to lobby and endorse senators from the state government level? Pushing for things like ending Medicare which puts a burden on the state government, returning power to the states, etc.?
Why couldn't a state legislature choose the senator that they want to send to Washington in the same way they did back in the day and then make it known to the public early on in the campaign season?
Since senators are so heavily influenced by lobbyists, wouldn't it be prudent for individual states to lobby and endorse senators from the state government level? Pushing for things like ending Medicare which puts a burden on the state government, returning power to the states, etc.?
Why couldn't a state legislature choose the senator that they want to send to Washington in the same way they did back in the day and then make it known to the public early on in the campaign season?