The primary role of Congress in the formal process of amending the Constitution is to propose amendments. This can be done in two ways: by a two-thirds majority vote in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, or by a constitutional convention called for by two-thirds of state legislatures. Once an amendment is proposed, it must then be ratified by three-fourths of the state legislatures or by conventions in three-fourths of the states to become part of the Constitution.
The primary role of Congress in the formal process of amending the Constitution is to ____
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