The US Congress ( i.e. the legislative branch of the federal government)
can propose amendments to the US Constitution . A 2/3 vote in both houses is required . (The president does not have sign proposed amendments and he can not veto them.)
There is a second method of proposing amendments, and that is for a Convention to be called for the proposing of amendments. Either Congress by a 2/3 vote or 2/3 of the state legislatures can call for such a convention to be held. This method has never been tried.
In either case, a proposed amendment does not become law until 3/4 of the states ratify it.
The amendment process is given in Article V of the Constitution.
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the congress or state government
the president
Congress
Either a two-thirds vote of both houses of Congress or a national convention can propose an amendment to the Constitution. Article V of the Constitution says, "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." (Note: The second method for proposing an amendment has only been used for repeal of the 21st Amendment (Prohibition).)
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False. There were ten amendments in the original Bill of Rights. There are now 27 amendments.
In 1789, the first Congress proposed a set of twelve amendments, written by James Madison. As required by the Constitution, the amendments then went to the states. By December 1791, three fourths of the states had ratified 10 of the 12 amendments. These 10 amendments became known as the Bill of Rights.
Constitutional amendments are proposed by the Congress.
Joint Resolutions are used to propose constitutional amendments.
Congress can propose amendments.
There are two ways to propose and ratify amendments to the Constitution. To propose amendments two thirds of both houses of congress can vote to propose an amendment, and two thirds of the state legislatures can ask congress to call a national convention to propose amendments.
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States Needed to Ask for a ConventionThree-fourths of the states are needed in order to ask for a convention to propose new amendments.
States Needed to Ask for a ConventionThree-fourths of the states are needed in order to ask for a convention to propose new amendments.
The everyday citizens of Missouri propose the amendments by appealing to their representatives of congress.
People of United Steas.
Article V or 5
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Judicial Branch and the Legislative Branch
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