H.Con.Res. 79 · 115th Congress
Expressing the sense of Congress that Congress and the States should consider a constitutional amendment to reform the Electoral College and establish a process for electing the President and Vice President by a national popular vote and should encourage individual States to continue to reform the Electoral College process through such steps as the formation of an interstate compact to award the majority of Electoral College votes to the national popular vote winner.
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- John Conyers
- Introduced
- 2017-09-14
- Latest action
- 2018-03-14 · ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Nadler asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H. Con. Res. 79, a bill originally introduced by former Representative Conyers, for purposes of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
Subjects
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Government operations and politics
Constitution and constitutional amendments
State and local government operations
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Intergovernmental relations