proposal and ratification
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The two steps are: 1. The house and senate pass the amendment with a 2/3 vote. 2. The amendment is then ratified by 3/4 of the states (currently would require 38).
The Fourteenth Amendment, The Fifteenth Amendment, and The Freedmen's Bureau
The two steps in the second method of amending the Constitution are: proposal by Congress and ratification by conventions.
An amendment can be proposed by a national convention and ratified by conventions in three fourths of the States.
The sovereignty of the people, as manifested and represented by both the Congress and State legislatures, have the sole power and authority to amend the Constitution of the United States. The process requires many steps which culminate in a Constitutional Convention.