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- Fri Mar 07, 2014 11:08 pm
- Forum: Repealing the 17th Amendment: Pros and Cons
- Topic: Repealing the 17th amendment
- Replies: 31
- Views: 65311
- Sat Nov 10, 2012 10:51 pm
- Forum: Section 10: Achieving the revolutionary vision
- Topic: Connecticut Ratification found?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 30374
Re: Connecticut Ratification found?
FredericK.....can you please supply some links if possible.....Thank you
- Wed Sep 07, 2011 11:55 pm
- Forum: Take it outside!
- Topic: What is the best size for a district?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 14790
Re: What is the best size for a district?
Do you see why, President Washington vetoed the first Apportionment Bill! President Washington provided two reasons. The most indisputable reason was that the Constitution specified that the district population size (as calculated) could not fall below 30,000 . In Congress's first apportionment pro...
- Wed Sep 07, 2011 1:14 am
- Forum: Repealing the 17th Amendment: Pros and Cons
- Topic: Repealing the 17th amendment
- Replies: 31
- Views: 65311
Re: Repealing the 17th amendment
All the points are well taken, but has anyone considered that the 17th to be null and void if the individual State desires! Point is…it takes 2/3 of Congress, 2/3 of the States or 3/4 Legislature of the State to propose Amendments, I am sure you know that part. Take a close look at the very last sen...
- Tue Sep 06, 2011 10:35 pm
- Forum: Take it outside!
- Topic: What is the best size for a district?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 14790
Re: What is the best size for a district?
2nd Congress 1st sess 1792.gif President Washington vetoed the first aportionment bill, because Congress was not aloting uniformed Representation ratio between all the States. 1st apportionment bill copy2.gif New Hampshire / 5 Representatives / 1790 Census Pop 141,885 (141,885/5 = 28,377 to 1 Rep) ...
- Thu Sep 01, 2011 9:40 pm
- Forum: Take it outside!
- Topic: What is the best size for a district?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 14790
Re: What is the best size for a district?
President Washington vetoed the first aportionment bill, because Congress was not aloting uniformed Representation ratio between all the States.
- Thu Sep 01, 2011 12:27 am
- Forum: Take it outside!
- Topic: Salaries of House and their staff members
- Replies: 2
- Views: 9366
Re: Salaries of House and their staff members
Going to this site http://www.legistorm.com/salaries/house_bonuses.html I found that the average salary of a congressional staffer is about 80k (that graph shows amount per quarter, so you have to add 4 quarters). The salary of a congressman is $170k. From some other site, I saw that the average nu...
- Thu May 26, 2011 11:21 pm
- Forum: Section 10: Achieving the revolutionary vision
- Topic: Senate too!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 12167
Re: Senate too!
Did someone say spreadsheet….just so happens I started one a few weeks ago based on IMO. I have finally found some people that see this issue (Ratio) as important as I do. Out of this new found exhilaration….. I find myself with a fire under my butt, to finish what I started. The spreadsheet only co...
- Wed May 25, 2011 1:21 am
- Forum: Repealing the 17th Amendment: Pros and Cons
- Topic: Was the 17th Amendment properly ratified?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 32563
Re: Was the 17th Amendment properly ratified?
I have never understood that argument "gridlocking the State", we would not have gridlock if the Senators were elected by the Legislature, just as we (the soverigen) elect the Representatives of our States. We are not appointing a member to SCOTUS... we are deligating our soverign rights ...
- Wed May 25, 2011 12:05 am
- Forum: Section 10: Achieving the revolutionary vision
- Topic: Senate too!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 12167
Re: Senate too!
The Senate was to remain constant, two per State and the House to grow. Presidential elections would heavily favor more populous states Take a look at the 2010 census: There are 39 States with 142,471,899 inhabitants/ 50,000 per district = 2,849 House Representatives, but those 39 States hold 78 Sen...
- Sat Jan 22, 2011 1:10 am
- Forum: Repealing the 17th Amendment: Pros and Cons
- Topic: Was the 17th Amendment properly ratified?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 32563
Re: Was the 17th Amendment properly ratified?
I never took the the election of our State Representatives (Senators)to be by appointment. Article 1 Section 3 states "chosen by the Legislature" it is the same as the people of the State chosen their Representative under Article 1 Section2 "chosen every second year by the People of t...