Debates in the Senate on the Seventeenth Amendment, 1911

May 26, 1911

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1: Senate, May 26, 1911, ¶ 1 (Senate1911.May26.1)

The VICE PRESIDENT. Will the Senator suspend for a moment? The hour of 4 o'clock having arrived, the Chair lays before the Senate the unfinished business, which will be stated.

2: Senate, May 26, 1911, ¶ 2 (Senate1911.May26.2)

The SECRETARY. A joint resolution (H. J. Res. 39) proposing an amendment to the Constitution providing that Senators shall be elected by the people of the several States.

3: Senate, May 26, 1911, ¶ 3 (Senate1911.May26.3)

:Mr. BORAH. I ask unanimous consent that the unfinished business may be temporarily laid aside.

4: Senate, May 26, 1911, ¶ 4 (Senate1911.May26.4)

The VICE PRESIDENT. The Senator from Idaho asks unanimous consent that the unfinished business be temporarily laid aside. Is there objection? The Chair hears none. The Senator from Wisconsin will proceed.

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