a:1:{s:15:"field_news_body";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:"value";s:2350:"<div class="title">THE LAST&nbsp;POLL&nbsp;QUESTION WAS:<br />
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Should congress continue the practice of attaching &quot;spending&quot; earmarks to other legislation?</div>
<div class="text">RESULTS: <br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Eliminate all earmarks......&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..100%</div>
<div class="text">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Keep some earmarks......................0%</div>
<div class="text">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Leave earmark process the same...0%<br />
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NEW&nbsp;POLL REGARDING&nbsp;REPEAL&nbsp;OF&nbsp;THE&nbsp;17th AMENDMENT:<br />
HISTORY of 17th Amendment:<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Seventeenth Amendment (Amendment XVII) to the United States Constitution established direct election of United States Senators by popular vote. The amendment supersedes Article I, Section 3, Clauses 1 and 2 of the Constitution, under which Senators were elected by state legislatures. It also alters the procedure for filling vacancies in the Senate, to be consistent with the method of election. It was adopted on April 8, 1913.<br />
17th AMENDMENT:<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures.<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; When vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of such State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: Provided, That the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct.<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the election or term of any Senator chosen before it becomes valid as part of the Constitution.<br />
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POLL&nbsp;QUESTION:<br />
Should the 17th amendment to the U.S. Constitution for selecting U.S. Senators&nbsp; be repealed?<br />
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CLICK&nbsp;ON&nbsp;THIS&nbsp;LINK&nbsp;TO&nbsp;VOTE:<br />
http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/should-17th-amendment-us-constitution-selecting-us-senators-be-repealed</div>";s:6:"format";s:1:"1";}}}