In 1789, James Madison sent the states twelve proposed amendments meant to steady a new republic and reassure skeptics of centralized power.
Ten became the Bill of Rights. A second proposal — governing congressional pay — took the scenic route, finally becoming the Twenty-seventh Amendment after a modern ratification drive associated with University of Texas student Gregory Watson.

But the first proposal in Madison’s package—often called “Article the First,” the Congressional Apportionment Amendment—remains unfinished business. It was ratified by eleven states in the early 1790s, then went quiet. Because Congress attached no ratification deadline, it is still commonly described as technically pending—meaning adoption today would require approval by three-fourths of the states, or 38.

The “Article The First” CTA project is a three-part series.
Please read these articles in order.

• Part One:
  One Constitutional Gift Still Sits Unopened
• Part Two:
  Historical Development; A Three Chapter Report
• Part Three:
  The White Paper

Our Call to Action

1. Call and write to your State Representative and State Senator and tell them to vote to ratify “Article the First” now!

2. Give the series to your friends and neighbors and ask them to do the same.

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