a amendment to constitution in usa
Called for each states representation in congress to be based on population size(APEX U.S. Government/Politics 2018)
The Three-Fifths Compromise was a compromise reached between delegates from southern states and those from northern states during the 1787 United States Constitutional Convention. The debate was over if, and if so, how, slaves would be counted when determining a state's total population for constitutional purposes.
The answer is 50= states in the United States
Three-fourths of fifty states is 37.5 states. Since we can't have half a state, the closest whole number would be 37 states. So, three-fourths of fifty states is 37 states. Hope that clears things up for you!
They are all combinations:United North American States: 6-6-6 = -6United South American States: (6-6)x6 = 0United Great Britain States: (6+6)/6 = 2United European States: 6+6-6 = 6United African States: (6/6)+6 = 7United Pacific States: 6+6+6 = 18United Asian States: (6x6)-6 = 30United Indian States: (6x6)+6 = 42United Russian States: (6+6)x6 = 72United Carpathian (Holy Land) States: 6x6x6 = 216
Not only Congress needs to approve a change, but the states must also approve.
Congress. The constitution states Congress must approve it.
Congress must approve a state's constitution before it can be admitted into the union.
Citizens, the congress, and the president. Basically the citizens sometimes send the idea in, the congress and president approve it.
For the Articles of Confederation to be ratified, all 13 states needed to approve the document. This requirement ensured that every state had a say in the new framework of government. However, for Congress to take certain actions or make amendments, a supermajority of nine states was typically required.
congress generally must approve interstate compacts, they involve several states.
two-thirds
The United States Senate must approve all presidential appointments and treaties. The duties of the United States Senate is listed in the United States Constitution.
congress generally must approve interstate compacts, they involve several states.
In the United States Congress is the only authority provided by the Constitution that can approve an Official Declaration of War that would then be subsequently signed by the President.
No part of congress can amended the Constitution of the United States.First it takes 2/3's of both houses to 'propose' an amendment to the Constitution or 2/3's of all the 'states' legislators to purpose an amendment (this has not happen yet).It then takes a 3/4 vote of the 'states' legislators of the United States, which would presently have to be 38 states being that 2/3's is 37.5 states.Or ratifying conventions in 3/4's of the states approve it, again this would be 38 states. note: This only has happened once, and that was the 21st Amendment, which ended 'prohibition'.So you see only the States can amend the U.S. Constitution.
two-thirds in the Senate, two-thirds in the House of Representatives, three-fourths of the states