What is the purpose of the first step of amendment process?
To propose an amendment
To ratify the amendment
To allow other people to vote on the amendment
Two allowed the president to approve the Amendment
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The purpose of the first step of the amendment process is to propose an amendment. This step involves either Congress, by a two-thirds majority vote in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, or a national convention called by Congress at the request of two-thirds of the state legislatures, proposing an amendment to the Constitution. Once an amendment is proposed, it can then proceed to the second step, which is ratification, where it needs to be approved by three-fourths of the states or by conventions in three-fourths of the states, depending on the method chosen by Congress. The president's approval is not required for the amendment to proceed through the first step, but it may still be needed at the later stages of the process.
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