Draft resolution to end slavery
This is a draft of a joint resolution that started in the Senate. A joint resolution is a formal opinion adopted by both houses of the legislative branch. A...
Equal Rights Amendment
President Jimmy Carter signs the legislation proposing the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) before it was sent to the states for ratification in 1978. The Equal Rights...
Extending the right to vote
Senate Joint Resolution 7 proposed an amendment to the Constitution that would extend the right to vote to citizens 18 years of age or older. Introduced on January...
Failed compromise
As southern states began seceding during the winter of 1860–61, several compromises were proposed to hold the nation together. One was a constitutional amendment...
Grand Canyon State okays the vote for 18-year-olds
Arizona ratified the 26th amendment to the Constitution on May 26, 1971. The amendment stated that “the right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen...
House Joint Resolution 354
“Old enough to fight, old enough to vote” was a slogan often heard during World War II and later during the Vietnam War. In 1942 the slogan prompted Congressman...
Minnesota ratifies
The 19th amendment to the Constitution guarantees all American women the right to vote. Achieving this milestone took decades of agitation and protest. Beginning in...