you need 2/3 of a fraction for a Constitutional Amendment
Regardless of which of the two proposal routes is taken, the amendment must be ratified, or approved, by three-fourths of states. \STATES
Three-fourths of the states must ratify (approve) an amendment before it becomes part of the Constitution.
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you need 2/3 of a fraction for a Constitutional Amendment
There is not a specific percentage of states that must approve a proposed amendment to the constitution, but a percentage of votes in both the Senate and the House. Two thirds of the votes cast in the senate must be in favor of the new amendment, as well as two thirds of the votes in the House of Representatives.
Regardless of which of the two proposal routes is taken, the amendment must be ratified, or approved, by three-fourths of states. \STATES
two-thirds
Not only Congress needs to approve a change, but the states must also approve.
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The President can not change the US Constitution. He can not propose amendments not does he approve or disprove proposals for amendments. (He could come out for or against a proposed amendment, but it would only be an opinion.) Not amendment were ratified or proposed by Congress while Adams was in office.
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Two-thirds
1. an amendment is official when three-fourths of the state legislatures approve it. 2. when special conventions in three-fourths of the states approve it.