[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
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[S.J. Res. 7 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. J. RES. 7

    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
                 relative to the election of Senators.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 29, 2009

 Mr. Feingold (for himself, Mr. Begich, and Mr. McCain) introduced the 
 following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
                 relative to the election of Senators.

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled   (two-thirds of each House 
concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an 
amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be 
valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when 
ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States 
within seven years after the date of its submission by the Congress:

                              ``Article --

    ``Section 1. No person shall be a Senator from a State unless such 
person has been elected by the people thereof. When vacancies happen in 
the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority 
of such State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies.
    ``Section 2. This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect 
the election or term of any Senator chosen before it becomes valid as a 
part of the Constitution.''.
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