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SJRES 17 116th Congress Senate Government Operations and Politics Constitution and constitutional amendments Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

A joint resolution 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…

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A joint resolution 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: April 2, 2019 Introduced by: Schatz, Brian Democratic · Hawaii See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Apr 2, 2019
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment requiring the President and Vice President to be elected directly by the people of the states, the U.S. territories, and the District of Columbia.

What's happening now April 2, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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All 2 Democratic 2
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Apr 2, 2019
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Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Apr 2, 2019
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S.J. Res. 17: A joint resolution 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.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-SJRES-17/
MLA
"S.J. Res. 17: A joint resolution 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.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-SJRES-17/.
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S.J. Res. 17, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-SJRES-17/.
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[S.J. Res. 17: A joint resolution 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.](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-SJRES-17/)
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