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 byIn the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States in Congintroductory paragraph beforess assembled, That the following articles be proposed as amendwords, 'We the people,' add, 'Governments to the constitution, and when ratified by three-fourths being intended for the benefit of the State Legislatures people, and the rightful establishall become valid to all intents and purposes, as part ofnt thereof being derived from the samir authority alone.'
ART. 1, SEC. 2, PAR. 3—Strike out all between the words, 'direct' and 'and until such,' and instead thereof insert, 'After the first enumeration there shall be one representative for every thirty thousand until the number shall amount to one hundred; after which the proportion shall be so regulated by Congress that the number of Representatives shall never be less than one hundred, nor more than two hundred, but each State shall always have at least one Representative.'