[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 26 (Thursday, February 17, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H1180]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. DeFAZIO:
        H.J. Res. 41.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article V: The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses 
     shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this 
     Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of 
     two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for 
     proposing Amendments, which in either Case, shall be valid to 
     all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when 
     ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several 
     States or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one 
     or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the 
     Congress.

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