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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
When a constitutional amendment is sent to the states for ratification, the Archivist of the United States is charged with responsibility for administering the ratification process under the provisions of 1 U.S.C. § 106b. [5]
The First and 27th amendments had very different paths. ... seven months later by a vote of Michigan in May 1992. So, 10 Amendments were ratified in two years, and one in 202 years. Patience is ...
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).
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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.
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.