Every Vote Counts Amendment
Latest action · Feb 14, 2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Progress
Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 7, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Constitutional Amendment
Every Vote Counts Amendment
This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment requiring the President and Vice President to be elected directly by the people of the states and the District of Columbia.
Cosponsors 25
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 7, 2017 to Nov 9, 2018; 21 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Original | Feb 7, 2017 |
| D-TX | Al Green | Original | Feb 7, 2017 |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Original | Feb 7, 2017 |
| D-PA | Brendan F. Boyle | Original | Feb 7, 2017 |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Original | Feb 7, 2017 |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Original | Feb 7, 2017 |
| D-TX | Filemon Vela | Original | Feb 7, 2017 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Feb 7, 2017 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Feb 7, 2017 |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Original | Feb 7, 2017 |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Original | Feb 7, 2017 |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Original | Feb 7, 2017 |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Original | Feb 7, 2017 |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Original | Feb 7, 2017 |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Original | Feb 7, 2017 |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Original | Feb 7, 2017 |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Original | Feb 7, 2017 |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Original | Feb 7, 2017 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Feb 7, 2017 |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Original | Feb 7, 2017 |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Original | Feb 7, 2017 |
| D-MI | Daniel T. Kildee | Feb 14, 2017 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Feb 14, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Nov 7, 2017 | |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Nov 9, 2018 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Feb 7, 2017 |
| Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee | Referred Feb 14, 2017 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 14, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
- Feb 7, 2017Introduced in House
- Feb 7, 2017Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this resolution, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Lists H1086H.J. Res. 65–69 | — | Feb 7, 2017 |
Research
What has been written about this resolution: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 21, February 7, 2017, page H1086.
CRS reports 3
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this resolution or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 3
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R43824 | Electoral College Reform: Contemporary Issues for Congress Archived | Report | Oct 6, 2017 |
| R44928 | The Electoral College: Reform Proposals in the 114th and 115th Congress Archived | Report | Aug 24, 2017 |
| RL32611 | The Electoral College: How It Works in Contemporary Presidential Elections Archived | Report | May 15, 2017 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HJRES 19 | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to abolish the electoral college and to provide for the direct election of the President and Vice President of the United States. | Related bill | Jan 11, 2017 |
| HJRES 102 | Every Vote Counts Amendment | Reintroduction of | Dec 5, 2016 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to abolish the electoral college and to provide for the direct popular election of the President and Vice President of the United States.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Every Vote Counts Amendment
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 7, 2017Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this resolution on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
