H.J. Res. 14
House Joint Resolution 14, Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to abolish the electoral college and to provide for the direct election of the President and Vice President of the United States. Representative Steve Cohen [D-TN], Chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties, introduced this joint resolution on January 11, 2021. A joint resolution typically works in the same manner as a bill; this mechanism is used to propose amendments to the U.S. Constitution. H.J. Res. 14 has eight co-sponsors (see list below), and has been referred to the House Judiciary Committee.
Original sponsor:
Representative Steve Cohen [D-Tennessee]
Co-sponsors:
Representative Julia Brownley [D-California]
Representative Jim Cooper [D-Tennessee]
Representative Peter DeFazio [D-Oregon]
Representative Anna Eshoo [D-California]
Representative Adriano Espaillat [D-New York]
Representative John Garamendi [D-California]
Representative Zoe Lofgren [D-California]
Representative Janice Schakowsky [D-Illinois]