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The Founders of this nation made changing the Constitution a hard thing to do -- on purpose.  That has not stopped candidates and activists in the Tea Party from asking for a reexamination of the 17th amendment, which took the election of U.S. Senators out of the hands of state legislators and put it directly into the hands of the people.   One of the “fathers” of the Tea Party movement, Congressman Ron Paul, has been at the head of the pack in favor of an outright repeal of the 17th Amendment.   After the results of the recent election, however, it is unlikely that his son Rand Paul feels the same way.  If the 17th Amendment was not in place, then Rand Paul would not have been elected to the United States Senate.  In fact, a Democrat would most certainly be on his way to Washington instead.

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