# Time to repeal 17th amendment?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [April 14, 2005, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-repeal-17th-amendment/299385 "2005-04-14T23:58:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2005, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-repeal-17th-amendment/299385/28 "2005-04-19T16:04:28Z")

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I don’t think we need to do away with direct election of Senators.

I do think that we sure as hell need term limits on them, though.

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