[Deschler-Brown Precedents, Volume 17, Chapters 34 - 40]
[Ch. 34. Constitutional Amendments]
[C. Senate Consideration; House-Senate Relations]
[Â§ 7. Conference Reports]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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                               CHAPTER 34
 
                       Constitutional Amendments
 
            C. Senate Consideration; House-Senate Relations
 
Sec. 7. Conference Reports

    Differences between the two Houses on a joint resolution proposing 
a constitutional amendment may be committed to a committee of 
conference,(1) the report thereof requiring a two-thirds 
vote for adoption.(2) As with the vote on initial passage of 
the joint resolution,(3) the yeas and nays are

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not required on the vote on adopting the conference report in the 
House.(4)
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 1. See 5 Hinds' Precedents Sec. 7037.
 2. Id. at Sec. 7036.
 3. See Sec. 5.4, supra.
 4. See, e.g., 111 Cong. Rec. 15212-16, 89th Cong. 1st Sess., June 30, 
        1965. The same is true in the Senate, although on one occasion, 
        upon putting the question on agreeing to a conference report 
        proposing an amendment to the Constitution, the Presiding 
        Officer announced that the ``yeas and nays must be called.'' 41 
        Cong. Globe 1638, 1641, 40th Cong. 3d Sess., Feb. 26, 1869 
        (proceedings carried in Sec. 6.1, supra).
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