Sen. Ben Sasse suggests repealing 17th Amendment and other changes to the Senate

By Haley Victory Smith

Published September 9, 2020 2:24pm ET

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Sen. Ben Sasse suggests repealing 17th Amendment and other changes to the Senate — Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., waits for the elevator after speaking on the Senate floor, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018 in Washington. | (Alex Brandon/AP)

Sen. Ben Sasse is making an argument that big changes are needed to make the Senate functional.

“The Senate in particular is supposed to be the place where Americans hammer out our biggest challenges with debate. That hasn’t happened for decades — and the rot is bipartisan,” the Nebraska Republican wrote in a Tuesday op-ed for the Wall Street Journal.

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