Proposed Amendments Not Approved By Congress
Approximately 11,372 measures have been proposed to amend the Constitution from 1789 through December 31, 2008. The following amendments, while introduced by a member of Congress, either died in committee or did not receive a two-thirds vote in both houses of Congress and were therefore not sent to the states for ratification.
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“The proposed Constitution ... is, in strictness, neither a national nor a federal constitution; but a composition of both.”
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