Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of consecutive terms that a Member of Congress may serve.

3 steps remain before this amendment could become part of the Constitution. Congress only proposes an amendment; it cannot enact one, and the President has no part in it.

The record's latest action, on January 24, 2011: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.

1. A two-thirds vote in the House
2. A two-thirds vote in the Senate
3. Ratification by three quarters of the states, which is 38 of the 50

This is a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution, which follows Article V rather than the ordinary path a bill takes. Two thirds of the House and two thirds of the Senate have to agree, and a simple majority is not enough.

It is then never sent to the President, who has no role in amending the Constitution. It goes to the states, and three quarters of them, 38 of the 50, have to ratify it before it takes effect.

No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.

A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.

TODD PLATTS (R-PA) introduced it on January 18, 2011, and 8 members have since signed on as cosponsors.

They are 8 Republicans.

Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.

It was introduced on January 18, 2011, 5714 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 5708 days ago, on January 24, 2011.

Measures do not carry over. Anything the 112th Congress has not finished by January 3, 2013 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.