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Georgia, republicans also have a bill calling for voters to lose that particular voting right. the georgia measure has not gone much of anywhere yet but it is still kicking around. and it may seem like a weird idea, but ending democracy for senate elections turns out to be a really popular thing among certain republicans. our own steve benan has been tracking this as kind of a hobby. the list of people who want to get rid of the 17th amendment includes guys like louis gohmert who's out there with his own state's governor, rick perry. also mitch congressman pete hoekstra, raul labrador, utah se...

Across the state line in georgia, republicans also have a bill calling for voters to lose that particular voting right. the georgia measure has not gone much of anywhere yet but it is still kicking around. and it may seem like a weird idea, but ending democracy for senate elections turns out to be a really popular thing among certain republicans. our own steve ben an has been tracking this as kind of a hobby. the list of people who want to get rid of the 17th amendment includes guys like louis gohmert who's out there with his own state's governor, rick perry. also mitch congressman pete hoekst...

The states don't matter in the way they used to. they're being treated as administrative subdivisions of government. >> in politics it's particularly true. >> right. that's enormously destructive for our country. the states do matter and they ought to be treated as the sovereign entities that he they are. >> on the record, you do want to appeal the 17th amendment. >> you don't want an elected senate? >> i want to raise the voting age to 35. >> don't go there. >> in terms of your mentioning that the states don't matter, i think from a policy perspective, particularly from an issues perspective,...

>> it seems to me if it is off the endangered species list it should be fare game as they say. >> what? >> bill little you said americans will put up with anything in the name of religious freedom. not really. to take one example, the amish are anti-war. but they do have to pay taxes, a lot of which goes to the military. >> yes, but they go toward scones and napkins. those don't go to combat items. the quaker tax dollars are set aside to go -- >> if you go line byline, you will see the scone and napkin line. >> the 17th amendment and it is an aggressive movement and woodrow wilson basically sa...

That power. we changed that with the 17th amendment and one of the reasons i am a supporter of balanced budget with a gap, because it guarantees limited government and guarantee states and people being more free. mike: we are down to final two minutes. i will turn to -- >> senator president obama's refusal of defining the marriage act. constitutionally why is the president wrong? >> first of all the president has the obligation to defend the laws of our country. this bill was passed and stands up for an institution that has been in place for a longg time. the president's autobiographyligation ...