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The first african-american to serve a full senate term was also from mississippi. his name was blanche bruce. and both of these men were elected before the passage of the 17th amendment in 1913, when senators were chosen by state legislatures, rather than by a popular vote. since then, there hasnt been an abundance of african-americans in the senate. cory booker becomes the ninth black senator in all of u.s. history. this is a graphicical representation of what that looks like. the teeny, tiny b...

Have shaken the nerves of any one." as you can imagine, 1870, much of that abuse was blatantly racist. they wrote of a descendant of a orangutan in congress. the first african-american to serve a full senate term was also from mississippi. his name was blanche bruce. and both of these men were elected before the passage of the 17th amendment in 1913, when senators were chosen by state legislatures, rather than by a popular vote. since then, there hasnt been an abundance of african-americans in t...

Next year. he took a victory lap across the state where he was greeted with welcome home rallies and cheering audiences for as one supporter said going to the mats. under cruzs influence, republicans in texas are lurching further and further to the right to win primaries and making dramatic appeals to do it. calling for the impeachment of president obama. calling for a rollback of the 17th amendment that allows for popular election of u.s. senators and imposing benefits for illegal immigrants as...

Benghazi. three candidates for attorney general oppose a non-discrimination ordinance in san antonio that includes protections for sexual orientation and gender identity. and dewhurst and his challenger support repealing the 17th amendment called for popular election of senators. and they want to have new york, california, saying quote, think about how different our country would be if new york and california werent the tail wagging the dog. and those other states. its not america. going back to...

He took a victory lap across the state where he was greeted with welcome home rallies and cheering audiences for as one supporter said going to the mats. under cruzs influence, republicans in texas are lurching further and further to the right to win primaries and making dramatic appeals to do it. calling for the impeachment of president obama. calling for a rollback of the 17th amendment that allows for popular election of u.s. senators and imposing benefits for illegal immigrants as well as an...

About their lives are not necessarily trackable on one political spectrum. they find issues they care about, but there has been an attempt, particularly on the right, and theres a white supremacist strand which has been there a long time, a neo-confederate that wants to delegitimize the political, legal -- well, that doesnt abide by majority rule. take aca. its upheld by the supreme court, passed by both houses of congress. if people dont like it on this kind of neo-secessionist -- they want to ...

Medicaid for years. medicate is funded by federal government money and state government, the state government that greg collett was running to be a part of when he said he wanted to cut government spending. he is not just against government spending, uh-uh. he is just about everything government does. he has written a partial list what he is against, marriage licenses, i am against property taxes i am against federal ownership of landing i am against national parks, i am against drivers licenses...

Rhoads in 1870 followed by bruce in 1875. both elected by the mississippi state legislature during reconstruction before the 17th amendment. of course was ratified in 1913. senators were chosen by state legislatures, not by direct popular vote. up next -- the lessons of the shut down. according to president obama. [ banker ] sydney needed some financial guidance so she could take her dream to the next level. so we talked about her options. her valuable assets were staying. and selling her car wo...

He has also written, i am against the 17th amendment. that of course is the amendment that allows vote tires choose united states senators instead of state legislatures, choosing senators. so he is against the direct election of united states senators which means he is against democracy. and of course, of course, he is one of those people who you see at every tea party rally who says, as he recently wrote, i am against government mandated health insurance exchanges. well, i mean, if you are agai...

Think, based on their own writings would be stunned by whats going on. so i think we ought to try and portray what they were intending to do. >> lets go to the second amendment to call to restore the senate and the first thing you do, the 17th amendment is here by repealed and all senators shall be chosen by the state legislators as rescribed by article i. anybody disagree? terry jeffrey. well get to you in a second. this was the original intention and the way we used to do it. explain. >> and i...