Twelve articles of amendment to the Constitution, introduced in September 1789 by Congress.
A House committee that included all members of the House
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The Committee receives the Committee of Eleven report
[Report of the Committee of the Whole]
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States in Congress assembled, That the following articles be proposed as amendments to the constitution, and when ratified by three-fourths of the State Legislatures shall become valid to all intents and purposes, as part of the same.