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HJRES 98 117th Congress House Government Operations and Politics

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States regarding the right to vote.

Introduced: September 21, 2022 Introduced by: Pocan, Mark Democratic · Wisconsin See on congress.gov
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Nov 1, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Sep 21, 2022
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Sep 21, 2022
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment related to the fundamental right to vote.

Specifically, it grants every U.S. citizen of legal voting age the fundamental right to vote in any public election held in the jurisdiction in which the citizen resides.

What's happening now November 1, 2022

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 26
All 26 Democratic 18
D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Oct 14, 2022
 D
Grijalva, Raúl M.
Arizona · Sep 29, 2022
 D
Omar, Ilhan
Minnesota · Sep 29, 2022
 D
Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Sep 22, 2022
 D
Barragán, Nanette Diaz
California · Sep 21, 2022
Blumenauer, Earl
· Sep 21, 2022
 D
Blunt Rochester, Lisa
Delaware · Sep 21, 2022
Brown, Anthony
· Sep 21, 2022
 D
Clark, Katherine M.
Massachusetts · Sep 21, 2022
 D
Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · Sep 21, 2022
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Sep 21, 2022
 D
Kelly, Robin L.
Illinois · Sep 21, 2022
Lee, Barbara
· Sep 21, 2022
Lowenthal, Alan
· Sep 21, 2022
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Sep 21, 2022
Payne, Donald
· Sep 21, 2022
 D
Pressley, Ayanna
Massachusetts · Sep 21, 2022
ROYBAL-ALLARD, LUCILLE
· Sep 21, 2022
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Sep 21, 2022
 D
Sewell, Terri A.
Alabama · Sep 21, 2022
 D
Tlaib, Rashida
Michigan · Sep 21, 2022
 D
Tonko, Paul
New York · Sep 21, 2022
 D
Torres, Ritchie
New York · Sep 21, 2022
 D
Veasey, Marc A.
Texas · Sep 21, 2022
 D
Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · Sep 21, 2022
Yarmuth, John
· Sep 21, 2022
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.J. Res. 98: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States regarding the right to vote.. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HJRES-98/
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"H.J. Res. 98: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States regarding the right to vote.." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HJRES-98/.
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H.J. Res. 98, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HJRES-98/.
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