amendment
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When Mexican delegates proposed an amendment to guarantee access to the “entire fuel cycle,” the convention rejected it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
Under the amendment, their location would be "a discretionary decision for each province."
From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026
If proposed by two-thirds votes of both congressional chambers, this amendment would then go to the states for ratification.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
When ratifying the amendment in 1868, however, Congress explicitly recognized that it would also apply to the American-born offspring of immigrants.
From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026
While an enormous hurdle had been cleared, the suffragists knew their work was not done: Before the amendment would become law, three-fourths of the states needed to ratify it.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
Vocabulary lists containing amendment
U.S. Government Lingo
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American History I
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13th Amendment (1865)
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