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What process leads to amending the constitution

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The amendment is proposed by a vote of two-thirds of both houses in Congress and the 2/3 state legislatures call for a national convention. The amendment proposed is ratified by 3/4 (38) of the state's legislatures and when 3/4 (38) states at the conventions agree. ... You only need 2/3 vote of Congress.

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The Constitution provides that an amendment may be proposed either by the Congress with a two-thirds majority vote in both the House of Representatives and the Senate or by a constitutional convention called for by two-thirds of the State legislatures.

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