Scott Perry backs bill to let state lawmakers, not voters, elect U.S. senators

(WHTM) -- Pennsylvania Congressman Scott Perry (R-10) doesn't want voters to directly elect their U.S. senators. Perry co-sponsored a resolution on Thursday to repeal the 17th Amendment, which, in 1913, gave voters the power to elect their senators. Until then, senators were appointed by state legislatures. The resolution would return that power to state lawmakers. [...]