Bot explain the constitutional amendment process. List the two choices available for each step of the process. Please formant your answer as follows.

Question

Step 1:
Option 1:
Option 2:

Step 2:
Option 1:
Option 2:

Answer 1

Step 1:
Option 1: Proposal by Congress with a two-thirds majority vote in both the House of Representatives and the Senate.
Option 2: Proposal by a national convention called by Congress after two-thirds of state legislatures request it.

Step 2:
Option 1: Ratification by three-fourths of state legislatures (38 out of 50 states).
Option 2: Ratification by state conventions in three-fourths of states (38 out of 50 states).