State Action is needed

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In Article 5 of the US Constitution it out lines what needs to be done.   

The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress; Provided that no Amendment which may be made prior to the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any Manner affect the first and fourth Clauses in the Ninth Section of the first Article; and that no State, without its Consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in the Senate.

For some reason, I don't see the Senate voting to overturn the 17th Amendment, do you?  But our Founders have placed a way around Congress for extreme cases, this being one...

State legislatures have to adopt a resolution to attend an Article 5 Convention.  Some states have adopted a rather broad scope and some have a tighter rein on what they will allow.  I discussed this with Tom Coburn on a radio show once and his position is all or nothing.  They wish to do every but repeal the one thing that could help solve our Nations problems in one easy move- Return the Senate to the State Legislatures and let the states set in motion through the Senate this other needed legislation...  

Term Limits - For Senators would be about 6 years if the state governments elected the Senators, because there will be someone waiting their turn in that state's legislature.  Term limits would be a natural occurrence rather than an exception.  Do we really need term limits in the House of Representatives?  Maybe, maybe not.  If the Senate is controlled by the states, there would be less and less the House could do to work in-concert with the Senate to push legislation through if it did not benefit both state and voter...  

Also remember that the states, as a result of the 17th Amendment, were given federal mandates to pay for.  Also known as unfunded Federal Mandates.  Do you honestly think these mandates would have had a pray of passing the Senate had the state government still controlled the Senate?   Um, not only no but HELL NO!!!  You want us to pay for your Federal Programs?   Hell NO!!!

So while I am in complete agreement that an Article 5 Convention is needed, I would suggest only one simple Amendment to be enacted FIRST as this would be the very first time this procedure is tried, simply returning the Constitution to its former self and repealing the 17th Amendment.  You will not make any friends among the present Senators, but then they aren't your friends anyway...  Their friends are the Lobbyists, Donors and political Party Officials.