Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide that Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the number of persons in each State who are citizens of the United States.

Summary

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Constitutional Amendment - Requires Representatives to be apportioned among the several states according to their respective numbers, which shall be determined by counting the number of persons in each state who are U.S. citizens.

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Introduced(1/7/09)

Committee

Passed House

Passed Senate

President

Law

Sponsor

Mr. Miller

(R) MI – 10

Cosponsors (20)

UPTON

(R) MI

EHLERS

(R) MI

MYRICK

(R) NC

HOEKSTRA

(R) MI

Dent

(R) PA

AKIN

(R) MO

King

(R) IA

Rogers

House (R) Kentucky

Blackburn

Senate (R) Tennessee

Garrett

(R) NJ

Topics

Government Spending & Operations

Latest Action

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

Feb 9, 2009

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