Filling U.S. Senate Vacancies : Perspectives and Contemporary Developments.

Reviews constitutional origins of the Senate vacancy appointments clause, and its incorporation into the 17th Amendment. Reviews appointments to fill Senate vacancies since 1913, current State provisions governing Senate vacancies, and current State proposals to require special elections to fill Sen...

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Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2009.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Constitutional law. State governments. Law. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Reviews constitutional origins of the Senate vacancy appointments clause, and its incorporation into the 17th Amendment. Reviews appointments to fill Senate vacancies since 1913, current State provisions governing Senate vacancies, and current State proposals to require special elections to fill Senate vacancies. Examines and analyzes contemporary proposals to eliminate gubernatorial power to name temporary Senators.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.