A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to abolish the electoral college and to provide for the direct election of the President and Vice President of the United States.

3.0.0 227 2024-12-20T19:12:44Z 2024-12-20T19:12:44Z House H HJRES 2024-12-12 118 <pre>[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 185 (Thursday, December 12, 2024)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. COHEN:H.J. Res. 227.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article VThe single subject of this legislation is:Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the UnitedStates to abolish the electoral college and to provide forthe direct election of the President and Vice President ofthe United States.[Page H7143]</pre> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing Referred to 2024-12-12T14:02:35Z A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to abolish the electoral college and to provide for the direct election of the President and Vice President of the United States. 118 121 SJRES 2024-12-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Identical bill CRS 2024-12-12 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2024-12-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2024-12-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress C001068 Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] Steve Cohen D TN 9 N J000288 Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4] Henry Johnson D GA C. "Hank" 4 2024-12-12 True B001285 Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] Julia Brownley D CA 26 2024-12-12 True Government Operations and Politics Government Operations and Politics 2024-12-20T19:06:03Z Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to abolish the electoral college and to provide for the direct election of the President and Vice President of the United States. Official Title as Introduced 6 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to abolish the electoral college and to provide for the direct election of the President and Vice President of the United States. 2024-12-13T13:03:15Z Introduced in House IH Display Title 45 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to abolish the electoral college and to provide for the direct election of the President and Vice President of the United States. 2024-12-13T09:05:19Z Introduced in House 2024-12-12T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118hjres227ih/xml/BILLS-118hjres227ih.xml 2024-12-12 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. 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.