Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to abolish the Electoral College and provide for the direct election of the President and Vice President by the popular vote of all citizens of the United States regardless of place of residence.

3.0.0 36 2023-01-11T13:20:41Z 2023-01-11T13:20:41Z House H HJRES 2011-02-14 112 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. JACKSON of Illinois:H.J. Res. 36.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article V____________________[Page H776]]]> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju10 Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee Referred to 2011-02-28T19:34:28Z Referred to 2011-02-14T17:01:00Z 2011-02-28 hsju10 Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. Committee 2011-02-14 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2011-02-14 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2011-02-14 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress J000283 Rep. Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [D-IL-2] JESSE JACKSON D IL L. 2 N C000714 Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14] JOHN CONYERS D MI 14 2011-07-21 False G000551 Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] Raúl Grijalva D AZ M. 7 2011-07-21 False B000911 Rep. Brown, Corrine [D-FL-3] CORRINE BROWN D FL 3 2011-07-29 False D000096 Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] DANNY DAVIS D IL K. 7 2011-07-29 False C001049 Rep. Clay, Wm. Lacy [D-MO-1] WM. CLAY D MO LACY 1 2011-07-29 False B001251 Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1] G. K. Butterfield D NC 1 2011-07-29 False C001072 Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7] Andre Carson D IN 7 2011-07-29 False C001061 Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5] Emanuel Cleaver D MO 5 2011-07-29 False C000537 Rep. Clyburn, James E. [D-SC-6] JAMES CLYBURN D SC E. 6 2011-07-29 False C000984 Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7] ELIJAH CUMMINGS D MD E. 7 2011-07-29 False F000043 Rep. Fattah, Chaka [D-PA-2] CHAKA FATTAH D PA 2 2011-07-29 False F000116 Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51] BOB FILNER D CA 51 2011-07-29 False J000288 Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4] Henry Johnson D GA C. "Hank" 4 2011-07-29 False K000009 Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] MARCY KAPTUR D OH 9 2011-07-29 False K000336 Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10] DENNIS KUCINICH D OH J. 10 2011-07-29 False L000287 Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5] JOHN LEWIS D GA 5 2011-07-29 False P000149 Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10] DONALD PAYNE D NJ M. 10 2011-07-29 False R000053 Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15] CHARLES RANGEL D NY B. 15 2011-07-29 False R000515 Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1] BOBBY RUSH D IL L. 1 2011-07-29 False S001157 Rep. Scott, David [D-GA-13] David Scott D GA 13 2011-07-29 False T000193 Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2] BENNIE THOMPSON D MS 2 2011-07-29 False T000326 Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10] EDOLPHUS TOWNS D NY 10 2011-07-29 False W000207 Rep. Watt, Melvin L. [D-NC-12] MELVIN WATT D NC 12 2011-07-29 False B001270 Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-33] Karen Bass D CA 33 2011-07-29 False F000455 Rep. Fudge, Marcia L. [D-OH-11] Marcia Fudge D OH L. 11 2011-07-29 False J000032 Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] SHEILA JACKSON LEE D TX 18 2011-07-29 False L000551 Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9] BARBARA LEE D CA 9 2011-07-29 False G000410 Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29] GENE GREEN D TX 29 2011-11-17 False E000288 Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5] Keith Ellison D MN 5 2011-11-17 False Government Operations and Politics Constitution and constitutional amendments Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents Government Operations and Politics

00 2011-02-14 Introduced in House 2011-02-22T19:20:15Z Constitutional Amendment - Provides for the direct popular election of the President and the Vice President.

(Abolishes the Electoral College.)

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Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to abolish the Electoral College and provide for the direct election of the President and Vice President by the popular vote of all citizens of the United States regardless of place of residence. Display Title Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to abolish the Electoral College and provide for the direct election of the President and Vice President by the popular vote of all citizens of the United States regardless of place of residence. Official Title as Introduced Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to abolish the Electoral College and provide for the direct election of the President and Vice President by the popular vote of all citizens of the United States regardless of place of residence. Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2011-02-14T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hjres36ih/xml/BILLS-112hjres36ih.xml 2011-02-28 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.