HJRES 198 · 119th CongressIn Committeecongress.gov ↗

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the seventeenth article of amendment.

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This bill proposes changing the U.S. Constitution by getting rid of the 17th Amendment. The 17th Amendment is the one that allows people to vote directly for their U.S. Senators; before it was added, Senators were chosen by state legislatures. No official summary is available for this bill.

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June 25, 2026

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