Support WBURRethinking The 17th Amendment: An Old Idea Gets Fresh OppositionAlan GreenblattFebruary 05, 2014 ShareSen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, speaks during the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition's Friends of the Family Banquet in Des Moines, Iowa, in November 2013. Lee is one of the few candidates calling for 17th Amendment repeal who have won office. (AP)