In the wake of the passage of health care reform, Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) has decided enough is enough and it’s time to repeal the 17th Amendment which ended the appointment of senators by state legislatures in favor of direct election by the people. But why go all the way back to 1913? You could just freeze time in 1920 by repealing the 19th Amendment. There’s no way we’d have health care reform without women voting and a female speaker of the House. So there’s your real culprit.
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