Grand Convention at Philadelphia, May to September, 1787, Quill Project 2021 Edition.
Committee consisting of all delegates to the Convention.
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Committee convened, first two resolutions of Virginia Plan considered. The form of a national government and how to determine representation debated.
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3. [+e675190]In the opinion of this conven[+e675195]Resolved that a na[+e675190 -e675195]tion[+e675190], provision should be made for th[+e675195]al Government ought to b[+e675190 -e675195]e establish[+e675190]m[+e675195]e[+e675190]d co[+e675190 -e675195]n[+e675190]sis[+e675190 -e675195]t[+e675190]ing[+e675190 -e675195] [+e675221]
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3. Resolved that the national Legislature ought to consist of two branches.[+e675221] [+e675224]
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4. [+e675224]Resolved that the members of the first branch of the national legislature ought to be elected by the people of the several States.[+e675225] [+e675240]
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6. [+e675240]Resolved that each branch ought to possess the right of originating Acts[+e675241]; that the National Legislature ought to be empowered to enjoy the Legislative Rights vested in Congress by the Confederation[+e675243] & moreover to legislate in all cases to which the separate States are incompetent[+e675245], or in which the harmony of the United States may be interrupted by the exercise of individual Legislation; to negative all laws passed by the several States, contravening in the opinion of the National Legislature the articles of [+e675249]Union or any treaties subsisting under the authority of the [+e675250]Union[+e675249].[+e675241] of a [+e675190]fœderal l[+e675195]supreme L[+e675190 -e675195]egislative, [+e675190]judiciary, and e[+e675195]E[+e675190 -e675195]xecutive[+e675190] & Judiciary[+e675190 -e675195].[+e675190]