2003 Montana Legislature About Bill -- Links SENATE JOINT
RESOLUTION NO. 10 INTRODUCED BY J. O'NEIL A JOINT RESOLUTION OF
THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF
MONTANA DECLARING AS DEFECTIVE THE CURRENT PROCESS OF CHOOSING
UNITED STATES SENATORS; REQUESTING CONGRESS TO TRANSMIT FOR
CONSIDERATION BY STATES OF THE UNITED STATES AN AMENDMENT TO THE
17TH AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION THAT PROVIDES
FOR STATE LEGISLATURES TO ELECT MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES
SENATE; AND INFORMING THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE,
THE SPEAKER OF THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AND
EACH MEMBER OF THE MONTANA CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION OF THE
REQUEST FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE 17TH AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED
STATES CONSTITUTION. WHEREAS, the Founding Fathers came to a
great compromise at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 and
provided for proportional representation in the House of
Representatives of the United States and equal representation
for the states in the Senate of the Unit