Before the 17th Amendment, members of the House of Representatives were elected directly by the people, but members of the Senate were elected by the individual states' legisl â¦ atures.However, the 17th Amendment changed the election of Senators from the state legislatures to the people.efore the 17th Amendment, members of the House of Representatives were elected directly by the people, but members of the Senate were elected by the individual states' legisl â¦ atures.
The cost of baby's first year = Â£1,000. Surveys suggest you'll spend over Â£9,000 on a child's first 12 months. Nonsense, says Hilary Osborne, you can do it for much less. Baby Wyn â the cost was in 'hundreds rather than thousands' says his mum.
In total, the typical parent can expect to spend Â£231,843 raising a child born in 2016, an increase of 65% since 2003, when the analysts at the Centre for Economics and Business Research first calculated cost figures for parenthood. The figure is for a child attending a state school.