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HJRES 113 108th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Congress Congressional voting Constitutional amendments House of Representatives House rules and procedure Law Presidential elections

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the process by which the House of Representatives chooses the President of the United States in the event no candidate receives a majority of the electoral votes.

Introduced: November 18, 2004 Introduced by: Sherman, Brad Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Nov 18, 2004
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Constitutional Amendment - Provides that whenever the right to choose the President devolves upon the House of Representatives, the Members of the House shall cast votes on an individual basis, and the candidate receiving the greatest number of votes cast by the Members shall be the President so long as such number is a majority of the votes cast.

What's happening now November 18, 2004

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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