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  2. Equal Rights Amendment - Wikipedia

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    The resolution, "Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for men and women", reads, in part: [1] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States ...

  3. The most recent version of the amendment was introduced in the 118th Congress by Representative Pramila Jayapal. [52] Senator Marco Rubio and Representative Steven Palazzo proposed constitutional amendments barring the government from imposing taxes on refusal to purchase goods and services.

  4. Timeline of the Equal Rights Amendment - Wikipedia

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    To be certified, 38 states were required to ratify it, and Congress implemented a seven-year deadline for the ratification to take place. [1] The deadline was extended to 1982, but only 35 of the 38 states ratified it. It was then ratified by Nevada in 2017, Illinois in 2018, and Virginia in 2020. [2]

  5. Congressional Apportionment Amendment - Wikipedia

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    The Congressional Apportionment Amendment (originally titled Article the First) is a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution that addresses the number of seats in the House of Representatives. It was proposed by Congress on September 25, 1789, but was never ratified by the requisite number of state legislatures.

  6. This is how many amendments there are in the U.S ... - AOL

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    Without an amendment, a President and Congress could change the number for political advantage. Currently it just takes a bill passed by Congress and signed by the president to change the number ...

  7. List of amendments to the Constitution of the United States

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    An amendment may be proposed and sent to the states for ratification by either: The U.S. Congress, whenever a two-thirds majority in both the Senate and the House of Representatives deem it necessary; or; A national convention, called by Congress for this purpose, on the application of the legislatures of two-thirds of the states (34 since 1959).

  8. Article Five of the United States Constitution - Wikipedia

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    The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three ...

  9. Equal Opportunity to Govern Amendment - Wikipedia

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    This article shall not take effect unless it has been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States not later than 7 years from the date of its submission to the States by the Congress. The amendment was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.