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What fraction of both house and congress are needed to purpose a amendment?
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How do you convert 95 to 100 to a fraction?
You just write the fraction and simplified if needed. Original answer:95/100 Simplified answer:19/20
What is the formula to convert fraction to percantage?
Multiply the numerator of the fraction by 100 and then divide (using long division if needed or a calculator) by the denominator.
Is 0.895210351 a rational number?
Yes, because if needed it can also be expressed as a fraction.
What is negative four over one reduced?
Since the denominator of the fraction is 1, no denominator is needed. Therefore, -4/1 = -4.
What fraction equals 5280 feet?
The question appears incomplete but 5280 feet = 1 mile. Further information is needed to enable a satisfactory answer to this question to be provided.
How many members are needed to ratify an amendment?
two third of congress
What Amendment gave Congress the authority that it needed to enact another graduated income tax in 1913.?
16th Amendment
What fraction of state legislatures need to approve an amendment for it to become a law?
3/4 of the legislatures of each state or ratifying conventions of each state, as Congress so directs, is needed to approve an amendment to the US Constitution.
Which branch of congress has the power to ratify an amendment to the constitution?
No branch of Congress ratifies an amendment. 2/3s of both houses (House and Senate) propose an amendment and send the proposed amendment out to the states for ratification. 3/4s of the states are needed to "ratify" an amendment. This is found in Article 5 of the Constitution.
What was the Women's rights amendment?
The 19th amendment gave the women the right to vote. There was an Equal Rights Amendment passed by Congress in 1972, but it is three states short of the required 38 needed to ratify it and add it to the Constitution.
What percentage of the Congress and of the state conventions is needed to ratify and amend the Constitution of the US?
The Amendment process is the formal way to change the Constitution. An amendment may be proposed by two-thirds vote of both houses of Congress or by a convention called by Congress at the request of two-thirds of the state legislatures. Ratification of an amendment takes three-fourths of the states to approve.
What are the two steps that would be needed to formally change the electoral system?
A constitutional amendment would have to be proposed, either by the congress or a constitutional convention, and then the amendment would have to be ratified by three fourths of the states.
How did the war effort help the passage of the Prohibition Amendment?
In 1917, Congress passed an act that controlled the materials that may be needed for the war effort. This included the grains used to make alcohol. This along with the general anti-alcohol view in Congress led to the eventual passage of the Prohibition Amendment.
What fraction of the the states can ask for a convention to propose new amendments?
States Needed to Ask for a ConventionThree-fourths of the states are needed in order to ask for a convention to propose new amendments.
How many states are needed to amend the Constitution?
The Amendment process is the formal way to change the Constitution. An amendment may be proposed by two-thirds vote of both houses of Congress or by a convention called by Congress at the request of two-thirds of the state legislatures. Ratification of an amendment takes three-fourths of the states to approve.
Are there any proposed amendments by the Congress that the state refused to ratify?
Yes, this does happen. One good example is the Equal Rights Amendment. It was passed by congress in 1972 and then sent to the states to be ratified. At first, it seemed the amendment would succeed, but after 35 states had ratified it (it needed 38 to become law), the ERA stalled. There was normally a seven year time-limit for an amendment to be ratified, and although the deadline had been extended, by 1982, time ran out and the Equal Right Amendment failed.
Why is it difficult to amend the U.S. Constitution?
It is difficult because of all of the steps it takes and all of votes needed. Plus there are time restrictions.Amending the U.S. Constitution:1. Both houses of Congress must adopt a proposed amendment with a 2/3 vote. Or 2/3 of state legislatures must request Congress to call a constitutional convention.2. 3/4 of state legislatures must ratify the amendment as proposed by Congress. Or ratifying conventions in 3/4 of the states must ratify the amendment as proposed by Congress.3. Congress has limited the length of time the states have to ratify an amendment. It must be ratified by the proper number of states to become operative.4. There are some shielded clauses. .
