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

Published September 9, 2020 2:24pm ET



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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