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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:constitutional_law
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gptkbp:appliesTo
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gptkb:United_States_Senate
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gptkbp:category
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Progressive Era amendment
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gptkbp:effect
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Senators elected by popular vote
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gptkbp:enforcedBy
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gptkb:United_States_federal_government
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gptkbp:formerName
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Senators chosen by state legislatures
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Seventeenth Amendment
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gptkbp:location
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Article I
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gptkbp:number
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17
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:United_States_Constitution
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gptkbp:proposedBy
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gptkb:United_States_Congress
May 13, 1912
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gptkbp:ratifiedBy
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April 8, 1913
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Direct_democracy
gptkb:United_States_Senate_elections
State legislatures
Constitutional amendments of the United States
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gptkbp:replacedBy
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gptkb:Article_I,_Section_3,_Clauses_1_and_2_of_the_United_States_Constitution
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gptkbp:significance
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Increased democracy in federal government
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gptkbp:subject
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gptkb:Direct_election_of_United_States_Senators
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gptkbp:textBegins
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The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof...
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:1973_Constitution_of_Pakistan
gptkb:Section_3_of_Article_I_of_the_U.S._Constitution
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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