# Clothahump: what's the problem with the 17th Amendment?

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**Created:** [August 16, 2011, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clothahump-whats-the-problem-with-the-17th-amendment/592857 "2011-08-16T02:15:51Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clothahump-whats-the-problem-with-the-17th-amendment/592857/13 "2011-08-16T04:40:26Z")

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> [@Lord\_Feldon](#):
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> It’s been going around in certain circles for a while, though. There were threads about the idea here in [2003](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=178451) and [2005](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=311956).

Apparently Clothahump has been interested in this amendment for some time, I found this post at the end of the 2005 thread:

> [@Time to repeal 17th amendment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-repeal-17th-amendment/299385/28):
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> I don’t think we need to do away with direct election of Senators.
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> I do think that we sure as hell need term limits on them, though.

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