119 hjres 1
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of nine justices.
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On motion to suspend the rules and pass Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 212 - 206 (Roll no. 293).
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