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Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the process by which the House of Representatives chooses the President of the United States in the event no candidate receives a majority of the electoral votes.

12/18/2007--Introduced.

Constitutional Amendment - States that whenever the right to choose the President devolves upon the House of Representatives, the Members of the House shall cast votes on an individual basis, and the candidate receiving the greatest number of votes cast by the Members shall be the President so long as such number is a majority of the votes cast.

Latest Actions
  • 01/14/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
  • 12/18/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Bill Text
File name Last Updated
H.J.RES.73 Introduced in House12/20/2007