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The first Congress to open its first session and begin its members' terms on the new date was the 74th Congress in 1935. The first presidential and vice presidential terms to begin on the date appointed by the Twentieth Amendment were the second terms of President Roosevelt and Vice President Garner, on January 20, 1937. As Section 1 had ...
That amendment is also the only one that explicitly repeals an earlier one, the Eighteenth Amendment (ratified in 1919), establishing the prohibition of alcohol. [ 4 ] Congress has also enacted statutes governing the constitutional amendment process.
The Twentieth Amendment may refer to the: Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution (1933), established some details of presidential succession and of the beginning and ending of the terms of elected federal officials; Twentieth Amendment of the Constitution of India (1966), relating to the appointment of judiciary
The most recent amendment, the 27th, was ratified in 1992, more than three decades ago. But it was actually first proposed by Congress back in 1789 along with the 10 amendments that became the ...
The official said the archivist’s role was “purely ministerial” and that she is “required to publish an amendment once it has been effectively ratified.” Congress approved the ERA in 1972.
President Joe Biden on Friday said the Equal Right Amendment should be considered ratified, but is stopping short of taking any action on the matter in his final days in office. "I have supported ...
January 23, 1933: The Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified by the requisite number of states (then 36) to become part of the Constitution. February 20, 1933: Approved an amendment to the U.S. Constitution repealing the Eighteenth Amendment, and submitted it to state ratifying conventions for ratification
By the end of his first term, the economy had come “roaring back,” Inboden said. Inflation dropped from a high of 13.5% in 1980 to 4.6% come the 1984 election.