Assertion: amendment | /r/HasProperty | passed by congress
Facets:
value: in 1947
type: TEMPORAL
value: in 1972
type: TEMPORAL
value: on july
type: TEMPORAL
value: with no deadline
type: OTHER
value: before being submitted to the people
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: The Congressional Apportionment Amendment is the only one of the twelve amendments passed by Congress which was never ratified; ten amendments were ratified as the Bill of Rights, while the other amendment was ratified as the Twenty-seventh Amendment in 1992.
text: As passed by the Congress and preserved in the National Archives, with the rest of the original handwritten copy of the Bill of Rights prepared by scribe William Lambert, the amendment says:
text: Q: Could this amendment be passed without Congress’ voting on it?
text: Australia and Ireland provide examples of constitutions requiring that all amendments are first passed by the legislature before being submitted to the people; in the case of Ireland, a simple majority of those voting at the electorate is all that is required, whereas a more complex set of criteria must be met in Australia (a majority of voters in a majority of states is also necessary).
text: Having been passed by Congress, the amendment was sent to the states for ratification and was ratified by:
text: Amendment was passed by Congress with no deadline, but all subsequent proposed amendments that were eventually ratified contained a seven-year time limit either in the text of the amendment or (beginning with the 23rd Amendment in 1960 and including the ERA) in the proposing clause, not in the language ratified by the states.
text: As passed by Congress in 1972, the amendment said:
text: The amendment was passed by Congress on July 6, 1965 and ratified on Feb. 10, 1967.
text: The amendment was passed by Congress in 1947, and was ratified by the states on 27 February 1951.