Portal:Unsuccessful attempts to amend the United States Constitution
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There have been over ten thousand attempts to amend the United States Constitution. This is a list of several notable attempts.
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Unratified amendments approved by Congress
[edit]- Equal Rights Amendment (ratified by 38 states and Congress; implementation uncertain)
- Congressional Apportionment Amendment (pending before the States)
- Titles of Nobility Amendment (pending before the States)
- Corwin Amendment (pending before the States)
- Child Labor Amendment (pending before the States)
- District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment
Proposed amendments not approved by Congress
[edit]- Balanced Budget Amendment
- Birthright Citizenship Abolition Amendment
- Blaine Amendment
- Bricker Amendment
- Death Penalty Abolition Amendment
- Electoral College Abolition Amendment (1949)
- Electoral College Abolition Amendment (1969)
- Electoral College Abolition Amendment (2005)
- English Official Language Amendment
- Equal Opportunity to Govern Amendment
- Executive-Legislative Cooperation Amendment
- Federal Marriage Amendment
- Flag Desecration Amendment (1991)
- Flag Desecration Amendment (1993-2006)
- Human Life Amendment
- Income Tax Abolition Amendment
- Line Item Veto Amendment
- Presidential Election Amendments (1968)
- Recall of Senators and Representatives Amendment
- Religious Freedom Restoration Amendment
- Representation Based on Citizenship Amendment
- School Prayer Amendment
- Victims' Rights Amendment
- Vote of No Confidence Amendment