All amendments to the constitution must be approved at the end of a national convention assembled at the request of the legislatures.
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Amendments to the constitution must be ratified by the states. To become part of the Constitution the Amendment must be approved by three-fourths of the states.
The amendments are approved at the national level usually by congress and proposed to the states.
After being approved by Congress and before the final date for ratification proposed in the amendment.
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No, no one is rewriting the US Constitution. Occasionally Congress proposes amendments (changes) to it, but these amendments must be approved by three fourths of the States
There are no "informal" amendments. All 26 amendments are approved by Congress and are part of the constitution. Your question makes the assumption that there are two constitutions and there isn't.
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James Madison proposed 12 amendments to the Constitution, 10 of which were approved. The ones that weren't would have established Congressional representation and prohibited Congress from raising its own salaries.
Germane amendments must be strictly relevant to the bill on focus. Germane amendments must be strictly relevant to the bill on focus.