Amendments to the constitution can be proposed by congress or by the legislatures of two-thirds of the several states
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Legislative powers are vested in a Congress consisting of a Senate and House of Representatives 1 0 2The house of representatives is composed of members chosen every second year by the people of the several states 1 0 2Representatives and direct taxes are apportioned among the several states according to their respective numbers 1 0 2The senate is composed of two senators from each state, chosen by the legislature thereof, for six years 1 0 2The times, places, and manner of holding elections for Senators and Representatives are prescribed by each state's legislature 1 0 2No state shall enter into any treaty, alliance, or confederation; grant letters of marque and reprisal; coin money; emit bills of credit; pass any bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law impairing contracts; or grant any title of nobility 1 0 2The president has power to make treaties with the advice and consent of the Senate, provided two-thirds of the Senators present concur 1 0 2New states may be admitted by Congress into this union 1 0 2All debts contracted and engagements entered into before the adoption of this Constitution are as valid against the United States under this Constitution as under the Confederation 1 0 2The ratification of the conventions of nine states is sufficient for the establishment of this Constitution between the states so ratifying 1 0 2