CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Tom McClintock (R-CA)

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide that new States may be admitted to the United States upon a concurrence of two thirds of each house of Congress.

H.J.Res. 99 · House resolution Government Operations and Politics

A Republican resolution with 3 Republican cosponsors · See all 3 cosponsors

Last activity — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This joint resolution proposes an amendment to the Constitution of the United States. The amendment would change how new states are admitted into the Union. It specifies that new states may be admitted upon the concurrence of two thirds of each house of Congress. This resolution was submitted by Mr. McClintock along with Mr. Biggs and Mr. Perry.

Yes

  • Scored +2

    Does this give the federal government more power?

    The bill increases federal control over the state admission process by requiring a higher supermajority.

The opposite

  • Scored -2

    Does this leave more decisions to the states?

    By raising the threshold for admission, it limits the ability of the federal government to process new states easily.