Repeal the 17th Amendment and return the selection of U.S. senators to state legislatures.

Keith Self · Texas · Republican

policy impact 0.86 specificity 0.94 extraction confidence 95%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

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Congressman Keith Self (TX-03) introduced a joint resolution to repeal the 17th Amendment and restore the Founders’ original vision for the United States Senate by returning the selection of U.S. Senators to state legislatures.

Self introduced and promoted a joint resolution to repeal the 17th Amendment so state legislatures would again choose U.S. senators.

Congressman Keith Self Introduces Resolution to Repeal the 17th Amendment | Representative Keith Self
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Congressman Keith Self (TX-03) introduced a joint resolution to repeal the 17th Amendment and restore the Founders' original vision for the United States Senate by returning the selection of U.S. Senators to state legislatures.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Self's official House office says he introduced a joint resolution matching the commitment. This is concrete same-term effort, but introduction alone does not repeal the amendment.

partial same_term A for effort

Press Releases | Representative Keith Self
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Status: Introduced on June 25 2026. Action: 2026-06-25 - Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Pending: House Judiciary Committee. Summary: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the seventeenth article of amendment.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The latest available bill status shows H.J.Res.198 remains introduced and pending in House Judiciary, with no passage or ratification. No materially newer official action appeared in the 2026-08-20 to 2026-08-22 lookback search window.

unresolved same_term A for effort

US HJR198 | 2025-2026 | 119th Congress | LegiScan
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Assessments

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): never. same_term A for effort

Self introduced H.J.Res.198 in the 119th Congress to repeal the 17th Amendment and return Senate selection to state legislatures, which is a direct and serious legislative attempt during his current House term. But the resolution has only been introduced and referred to the House Judiciary Committee; it has not passed Congress, been ratified by the states, or otherwise repealed the amendment. The promised policy outcome has therefore not been delivered as of August 22, 2026.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 91%