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Probably been the most, the 16th and the 17th amendment. i don't know what madison would say if he was alive today about the 17th amendment, but in 1913, he would have fought against it. >> glenn: i think right now if he were alive he said look, i thought i was short back then. look how tall you are now! back in a second.
Representative of connecticut? let me give you an example of the 17th amendment coming into play right now. today. obama's healthcare bill would have never seen the light of day. a lot of things they do in washington would never have seen the light of day. why? because it wouldn't in the interest of your state. why would we consider something -- have you heard this phrase? "unfunded mandates." how did they get that passed? the senate is not looking out for your state. think of massachusetts. why would they pay more in taxes for mandated healthcare when they already have that system? why would ...
>> she does. >> glenn: unbelievable. >> i had them reading it in tutus before the dance recital. constitutingamerica.org and the goal is to, it says in the federalist paper number 27, man is a creature of habit. the constitution is pretty much not even existent in our culture anymore. so our goal is to educate and bring in awareness about the constitution and the federalist papers, which explain the constitution to american citizens and students across america. >> glenn: i think and i can't remember now. i think i got it from tokeville -- the first time i heard it, it took me by surprise and y...
Halter on has to do with sending jobs overseas. he denies he did it, but it just shows you that these two campaigns are now hitting the negative tv ad wars and it's heating up big time in arkansas. and by the way, savannah, i should mark this day. it was 97 years ago today, one of the greatest things happened for political junkies everywhere, and that was the ratification of the 17th amendment, which made sure that there were direct elections of all u.s. senators, guaranteeing that every two years we have somewhere between 33 and this year i think it's 36 senate races for all of us to get exci...
It, louie gohmert can. >> this should not be passed by anyone unless they eat it. if they eat it i'm in favor of them passing it. >> if you eat it, you can pass it. it took me all day to practice saying that without turning beet red as i am now and losing my composure. his go ahead eat it and then pass it mr. gohmert decided the democratically elected senate is tactual problem. his proposed slooux is we don't democratically elect senators. so state legislatures would pick senators from here on out instead of the regular citizen riffraff in the states choose their own senators by voting. >> the...