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HJRES 104 114th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Constitution and constitutional amendments Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to abolish the electoral college and to provide for the direct election of the President and Vice President of the United States.

Introduced: December 1, 2016 Introduced by: Cohen, Steve Democratic · Tennessee See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 22, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Dec 1, 2016
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Dec 1, 2016
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1563)
Dec 1, 2016
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Constitutional Amendment

This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment requiring the President and the Vice President to be elected by people of the several states and the District of Columbia.

What's happening now December 22, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.

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