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This includes both expired amendments, those for which the time period set for their consideration ran out, and still pending amendments, those sent to the states without a ratification deadline. Proposals to amend the United States Constitution introduced in but not approved by Congress should be included in Category:Proposed amendments to the ...
Thirty-three amendments to the Constitution of the United States have been proposed by the United States Congress and sent to the states for ratification since the Constitution was put into operation on March 4, 1789. Twenty-seven of those, having been ratified by the requisite number of states, are part of the Constitution.
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.
The second way to propose an amendment is by two-thirds “…of the several States,” which “…call a Convention for proposing Amendments….” The first process is by far the more popular.
Note: This category consists of proposals to amend the United States Constitution introduced in but not approved by Congress.Amendments approved by Congress and proposed to the states for consideration but not (yet) ratified by the required number of states to become part of the Constitution (whether expired or still pending) should be included in Category:Unratified amendments to the United ...
This list may not reflect recent changes. List of amendments to the Constitution of the United States; 0–9. Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution;
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The United States Constitution and its amendments comprise hundreds of clauses which outline the functioning of the United States Federal Government, the political relationship between the states and the national government, and affect how the United States federal court system interprets the law. When a particular clause becomes an important ...