U.S. Constitutional Convention 1787 (2021 Edition)

Grand Convention at Philadelphia, May to September, 1787, Quill Project 2021 Edition.

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Session 6230: 1787-07-05 11:00:00

First Committee on Representation reported. Connecticut Compromise reintroduced.

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Report of the First Committee on Representation (Amended)

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There are 2 proposed amendments related to this document on which decisions have not been taken.

[Report of the First Committee on Representation as Amended by the Convention]

1. That the suffrages of the several States be regulated and proportioned according to the sums to be paid towards the General Revenue by the inhabitants of each State respectively — That an apportionment of suffrages, according to the ratio aforesaid, shall be made and regulated at the end of years from the first Meeting of the Legislature of the United-States — and so from time to time at the end of every years thereafter — but that for the present, and until the period first above mentioned shall have one suffrage &ca — That all Bills for raising or appropriating money and for fixing the salaries of the Officers of the Government of the United States, shall originate in the first Branch of the Legislature, and shall not be altered or amended by the second Branch — and that no money shall be drawn from the public Treasury but in pursuance of appropriations to be originated by the first Branch.

2. That in the second Branch of the Legislature each State shall have an equal Vote.

Decisions yet to be taken

Report of the First Committee on Representation (Amended) (introduced on 1787-07-05 11:00:00 - CREATE - e672694) [This document]
Report of the First Committee on Representation: First Proposition - First Clause (introduced on 1787-07-05 11:00:00 - PROPOSE_DOCUMENT_AMENDMENT - e672696)
- Postpone Consideration of the First Clause (introduced on 1787-07-12 11:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e739231) [This moment shown]

Document Timeline

Report of the First Committee on Representation (Amended) (introduced on 1787-07-05 11:00:00 - CREATE - e672694) [This document] [view current proposal at this moment]
- Report of the First Committee on Representation: First Proposition (introduced on 1787-07-05 11:00:00 - PROPOSE_DOCUMENT_AMENDMENT - e672695) [view current proposal at this moment]
  - Report of the First Committee on Representation: First Proposition - First Clause (introduced on 1787-07-05 11:00:00 - PROPOSE_DOCUMENT_AMENDMENT - e672696) [view current proposal at this moment]
    - None (introduced on 1787-07-05 11:00:00 - DEBATE_PROPOSAL - e672699) [view current proposal at this moment]
    - Rutledge's Amendment on Apportionment of Representation (introduced on 1787-07-05 11:00:00 - PROPOSE_DOCUMENT_AMENDMENT - e672700) [view current proposal at this moment]
      - None (introduced on 1787-07-05 11:00:00 - DEBATE_PROPOSAL - e739224) [This amendment shown] [view current proposal at this moment]
      - None (introduced on 1787-07-05 11:00:00 - REJECT_PROPOSAL - e672701) [view current proposal at this moment]
    - Refer the First Clause of the First Proposition to a Special Committee on Representation (introduced on 1787-07-06 11:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e672704) [view current proposal at this moment]
      - None (introduced on 1787-07-06 11:00:00 - DEBATE_MOTION - e672705) [view current proposal at this moment]
      - None (introduced on 1787-07-06 11:00:00 - ADOPT_PROPOSAL - e672706) [view current proposal at this moment]
      - None (introduced on 1787-07-06 11:00:00 - DEBATE_MOTION - e734059) [view current proposal at this moment]
    - None (introduced on 1787-07-12 11:00:00 - DEBATE_PROPOSAL - e672827) [view current proposal at this moment]
    - Postpone Consideration of the First Clause (introduced on 1787-07-12 11:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e739231) [This moment shown] [view current proposal at this moment]
      - None (introduced on 1787-07-12 11:00:00 - ADOPT_PROPOSAL - e739232) [view current proposal at this moment]
    - Report of the Second Committee on Representation Accepted (introduced on 1787-07-14 11:00:00 - PROPOSE_DOCUMENT_AMENDMENT - e739945) [view current proposal at this moment]
      - Whole Question Called For (introduced on 1787-07-14 11:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e672868) [view current proposal at this moment]
        
        None (introduced on 1787-07-14 11:00:00 - ADOPT_PROPOSAL - e672869) [view current proposal at this moment]
    - Whole Question Called For (introduced on 1787-07-14 11:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e672868) [view current proposal at this moment]
      - None (introduced on 1787-07-14 11:00:00 - ADOPT_PROPOSAL - e672869) [view current proposal at this moment]
  - Postpone First Proposition (introduced on 1787-07-05 11:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e672697) [view current proposal at this moment]
    - None (introduced on 1787-07-05 11:00:00 - REJECT_PROPOSAL - e672698) [view current proposal at this moment]
  - Report of the First Committee on Representation: First Proposition - Second Clause (introduced on 1787-07-06 11:00:00 - PROPOSE_DOCUMENT_AMENDMENT - e672716) [view current proposal at this moment]
    - Postpone Consideration of the First Proposition - Second Clause (introduced on 1787-07-06 11:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e734064) [view current proposal at this moment]
      - None (introduced on 1787-07-06 11:00:00 - ADOPT_PROPOSAL - e734065) [view current proposal at this moment]
    - None (introduced on 1787-07-06 11:00:00 - DEBATE_PROPOSAL - e672723) [view current proposal at this moment]
    - None (introduced on 1787-07-06 11:00:00 - ADOPT_PROPOSAL - e672724) [view current proposal at this moment]
      - Question on the Outcome of the Vote (introduced on 1787-07-06 11:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e796100) [view current proposal at this moment]
        
        None (introduced on 1787-07-06 11:00:00 - REJECT_PROPOSAL - e796103) [view current proposal at this moment]
    - Postpone Consideration of the Second Clause of the First Proposition (introduced on 1787-07-13 11:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e736412) [view current proposal at this moment]
      - None (introduced on 1787-07-13 11:00:00 - ADOPT_PROPOSAL - e736413) [view current proposal at this moment]
  - None (introduced on 1787-07-06 11:00:00 - ADOPT_PROPOSAL - e672725) [view current proposal at this moment]
- Report of the First Committee on Representation: Second Proposition (introduced on 1787-07-06 11:00:00 - PROPOSE_DOCUMENT_AMENDMENT - e672718) [view current proposal at this moment]
  - None (introduced on 1787-07-06 11:00:00 - DEBATE_PROPOSAL - e672719) [view current proposal at this moment]
  - Postpone Consideration of the Second Proposition (introduced on 1787-07-06 11:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e734066) [view current proposal at this moment]
    - None (introduced on 1787-07-06 11:00:00 - DEBATE_MOTION - e734067) [view current proposal at this moment]
    - None (introduced on 1787-07-06 11:00:00 - ADOPT_PROPOSAL - e734068) [view current proposal at this moment]
  - None (introduced on 1787-07-07 11:00:00 - DEBATE_PROPOSAL - e672734) [view current proposal at this moment]
  - None (introduced on 1787-07-07 11:00:00 - ADOPT_PROPOSAL - e672735) [view current proposal at this moment]
- None (introduced on 1787-07-07 11:00:00 - DEBATE_PROPOSAL - e672736) [view current proposal at this moment]
- Postpone Consideration of the Report of the First Committee on Representation (Amended) (introduced on 1787-07-07 11:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e734077) [view current proposal at this moment]
  - None (introduced on 1787-07-07 11:00:00 - ADOPT_PROPOSAL - e734078) [view current proposal at this moment]
- None (introduced on 1787-07-10 11:00:00 - DEBATE_PROPOSAL - e672783) [view current proposal at this moment]
- Gerry's Motion to Limit Western State Representation (introduced on 1787-07-14 11:00:00 - PROPOSE_DOCUMENT_AMENDMENT - e672870) [view current proposal at this moment]
  - None (introduced on 1787-07-14 11:00:00 - DEBATE_PROPOSAL - e672871) [view current proposal at this moment]
  - None (introduced on 1787-07-14 11:00:00 - REJECT_PROPOSAL - e672872) [view current proposal at this moment]
- Pinckney's Composition of the Senate (introduced on 1787-07-14 11:00:00 - PROPOSE_DOCUMENT_AMENDMENT - e672876) [view current proposal at this moment]
  - None (introduced on 1787-07-14 11:00:00 - DEBATE_PROPOSAL - e672877) [view current proposal at this moment]
  - None (introduced on 1787-07-14 11:00:00 - REJECT_PROPOSAL - e672878) [view current proposal at this moment]
- Secretary's Redrafted Report of the First Committee on Representation (introduced on 1787-07-16 11:00:00 - PROPOSE_DOCUMENT_AMENDMENT - e672881) [view current proposal at this moment]
  - None (introduced on 1787-07-16 11:00:00 - ADOPT_PROPOSAL - e672882) [view current proposal at this moment]
- None (introduced on 1787-07-16 11:00:00 - ADOPT_PROPOSAL - e672883) [view current proposal at this moment]
- Reconsider Representation in Both Houses (introduced on 1787-07-17 11:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e740065) [view current proposal at this moment]
  - None (introduced on 1787-07-17 11:00:00 - DROP_PROPOSAL - e740066) [view current proposal at this moment]

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