[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S.J. Res. 70 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. J. RES. 70

    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
           relative to the voting threshold for impeachment.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 13, 2020

 Mr. Scott of Florida 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 voting threshold for impeachment.

    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. The House of Representatives may only agree to an 
article of impeachment upon the affirmative vote of not less than 
three-fifths of the Members of the House of Representatives, duly 
chosen and sworn.''.
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