Proposal

Examples of Proposal in the following topics:

• Article V

  • Article Five of the United States Constitution describes the process whereby the Constitution may be altered; altering the Constitution consists of proposing an amendment or amendments and subsequent ratification.
  • The Congress, whenever two thirds of both houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to this Constitution, or, on the application of the legislatures of two thirds of the several states, shall call a convention for proposing amendments, which, in either case, shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of this Constitution, when ratified by the legislatures of three fourths of the several states, or by conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by the Congress; provided that no amendment which may be made prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any manner affect the first and fourth clauses in the ninth section of the first article; and that no state, without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate.

• Formal Methods of Amending the Constitution

  • House of Representatives instead directly proceed to the adoption of a joint resolution; thus, they mutually propose the amendment with the implication that both bodies "deem" the amendment to be "necessary. " All amendments presented so far have been proposed and implemented as codicils, appended to the main body of the Constitution .
  • If at least two-thirds of the legislatures of the states make the request, Congress is then required to call a convention for the purpose of proposing amendments.
  • Senators caused such proposals to regularly pass the House of Representatives only to die in the Senate.
  • After being officially proposed, a constitutional amendment must then be ratified either by the legislatures of at least three-fourths of the states, or by conventions in the same proportion of states.
  • Although a proposed amendment is effective after three-fourths of the states ratify it, states have, in many instances, ratified an amendment that has already become law, often for symbolic reasons.

• Policy Adoption

  • On the other hand, an unfavorable media bias may undermine a policy proposal.
  • Bush administration's proposals to change Social Security.
  • Negative response also killed the Clinton administration's health care proposal.

• Presidential Action

  • The Ineligibility Clause prevents the President from being a member of Congress and cannot directly introduce legislative proposals.
  • Therefore, the president cannot directly introduce legislative proposals for consideration in Congress.
  • These reports may be either written or oral, but today are given as the State of the Union address, which often outlines the president's legislative proposals for the coming year.

• The Election Year Budget

  • Budget proposals during election years are usually politicized to gain votes and increase constituency support.
  • The Budget of the United States Government often begins as the President's proposal to the U.S.
  • The 2016 budget plan President Obama proposed requested 4 trillion in fiscal year 2016.
  • This budget request is President Obama’s first on-time budget proposal since 2011.
  • The president proposes to pay for this through various tax reforms.

• The Constitution

  • To date, all amendments, whether ratified or not, have been proposed by a two-thirds vote in each house of Congress.
  • An amendment can be proposed one of two ways.
  • It can be proposed by Congress and ratified by the states.
  • Congress could call a constitutional convention to propose an amendment, then it would be ratified by the states.
  • To date, all amendments, whether ratified or not, have been proposed by a two-thirds vote in each house of Congress.

• Civil Rights of Latinos

  • Current policy proposals aimed at reducing these rights violations include legislation to grant legal status to all children born in the U.S. as well as proposals for foreign worker programs that would grant legal status to foreign born laborers.
  • These proposals are highly controversial among the U.S. electorate and politicians.
  • In recent decades, politicians have repeatedly proposed provisions to make English the official language of the U.S.
  • These proposals have never passed — the U.S. does not have an official language.
  • Proposals to change voting laws in recent years have also been met by criticism that they would prevent American Latinos from participating in the country's governance.

• The 24th Amendment

  • The amendment was proposed by Congress to the states on August 27, 1962, and was ratified by the states on January 23, 1964.
  • Joint Resolution Proposing the Twenty-fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

• The 19th Amendment

• Policy Formulation

  • Formulation is the second stage of the policy process and involves the proposal of solutions to agenda issues.