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January 1, GOP Lawmaker Moves to RESTORE Original Constitution Provision — Democrats Panicking

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July 4, 2026

Wyatt Porter

Wyatt’s Take

Texas conservative introduces resolution to repeal the 17th Amendment and return Senate elections to state legislatures — exactly how the Founders intended it
Nine GOP House members co-sign the measure to restore constitutional balance and crush D.C. swamp power
Democrats terrified because this would END their stranglehold on Senate races bought with coastal elite cash

Republican lawmakers are making a bold move to restore the Constitution to its original design — and the establishment is losing its mind.

Texas Rep. Keith Self has introduced a joint resolution to repeal the 17th Amendment, which would return the power to elect U.S. senators back to state legislatures where it belonged for over a century. Nine GOP House members have already signed on as co-sponsors.

The 17th Amendment, ratified in 1913, changed the game by mandating direct election of senators by popular vote. Before that, state legislatures appointed senators — giving states real representation in Washington and preventing the kind of D.C. insider corruption we see today.

Self’s resolution would turn back the clock to the Founders’ vision: state legislatures picking senators who actually answer to their states, not to out-of-state mega-donors and special interests.

The original constitutional framework gave each state two senators appointed by state legislatures. This created a true federalist system where senators represented state governments, not just voters swayed by millions in campaign cash from California and New York.

Republicans argue the 17th Amendment destroyed the balance of power between states and the federal government. It turned the Senate into just another popularity contest flooded with dark money and coastal elite influence.

By returning to state legislature appointments, senators would be directly accountable to their state governments — the people who actually know what their communities need. No more campaigns funded by Silicon Valley billionaires or Hollywood activists.

Democrats are already freaking out because they know what this means: their stranglehold on Senate seats bought with unlimited out-of-state money would crumble overnight.

The resolution faces an uphill battle. Repealing a constitutional amendment requires a two-thirds vote in both chambers of Congress and ratification by three-fourths of state legislatures.

But the fact that nearly a dozen House Republicans are willing to put their names on this shows how serious constitutional conservatives are about draining the swamp and restoring federalism.

Wyatt Matters

This isn’t about turning back the clock — it’s about getting back to what actually worked. The Founders knew that senators needed to answer to their states, not to whoever could raise the most money from Manhattan and San Francisco. State legislatures know their communities better than some consultant in D.C. ever will. Restoring the original design would give working Americans real representation again, not just whoever the billionaire class decides to bankroll.