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The Unlikely Story of the 27th Amendment, interview of Gregory Watson by the Dallas County Community College District on YouTube; Washington Post Constitutional podcast about the ratification of the 27th Amendment (with transcript) Recording of the debate in the House of Representatives on the 27th Amendment on C-SPAN
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1951 - The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, limiting Presidents to two terms, is ratified. 1973 - The American Indian Movement occupies Wounded Knee, South Dakota. 1974 - People magazine is published for the first time. 1986 - The United States Senate allows its debates to be televised on a trial basis.
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Former Tennessee Attorney General Paul G. Summers writes this regular civics education guest opinion column about the U.S. Constitution.
Dates the 13 states ratified the Constitution June 21 • Having been ratified by nine of the thirteen states, the Constitution is officially established, and takes effect for those nine states. [54] June 25 • Ratification Virginia becomes the tenth state to ratify the Constitution (89–79).
The last time Congress ratified an amendment to the Constitution was 32 years ago. The 27th Amendment, ratified in 1992, states that Congress can pass a bill changing the pay for members of the ...
The Senate has voted only on cloture motions with regard to the proposed amendment, the last of which was on June 7, 2006, when the motion failed 49 to 48, falling short of the 60 votes required to allow the Senate to proceed to consideration of the proposal and the 67 votes required to send the proposed amendment to the states for ratification.