To: rockhead
I might be mistaken, but isn't this little detail spelled out in the Constitution? If so, this 'legislation' would have a monumentally-uphill battle for sucess.
To: Citizen of the Savage Nation
A constitutional amendment would be needed to make the change. Stenholms bill would have to be passed by two-thirds of both houses of Congress, then ratified by three-fourths of the states, a process that generally takes years. Nevermind. That's what I get for browsing the top few paragraphs...
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