Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing that the Senate is made more representative by adding twelve Senators to be elected nationwide through ranked choice voting, and providing for twelve Electors at-large for President and Vice President, who shall cast their ballots for the respective winners of the national popular vote.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 23.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CASTEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 20, January 31, 2023, Page H579):
  Article V The single subject of this legislation is: Government Reform
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 31, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

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  70 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 23, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hjres/23

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0842bc613608fa43ab48633e84e0fded46944ca4071d6f847960a9e371bcba15

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of July 24, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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