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Amending the Constitution

The Senate is currently considering an amendment to the US Constitution. How would a legal researcher find the proposed amendment? Proposed amendments are introduced as joint resolutions and are available on Thomas. You can browse bills and resolutions here. You can search for a specific amendment using Thomas' bill text search. If you can too many results, it may help to include the terms "proposing an amendment."

Learn more about the process of amending the constitution and failed constitutional amendments from Lexis.