,,ia  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,j4 ,,res4 #bc  ,,in ,,the ,,house  
,,of ,,representatives  ,january #i1    
#bjai ,ms4 ,meng 7for herself and ,ms4  
,schakowsky7 introduced the following   
joint resolution2 which was referred to 
the ,committee on the ,judiciary        
,,joint ,,resolution  ,proposing an     
amendment to the ,constitution of the   
,united ,states extending the right to  
vote to citizens sixteen years of age or
 older4  ,that the following article is 
proposed as an amendment to the         
,constitution of the ,united ,states1   
which shall be valid to all intents and 
purposes as part of the ,constitution   
when ratified by the legislatures of    
three-fourths of the several ,states    
within seven years after the date of its
 submission for ratification3   --  #a4 
,the twenty-sixth article of amendment  
to the ,constitution of the ,united     
,states is hereby repealed4  #b4 ,the   
right of citizens of the ,united        
,states1 who are sixteen years of age or

 older1 to vote shall not be denied or  
abridged by the ,united ,states or by   
any ,state on account of age4  #c4 ,the 
,congress shall have power to enforce   
this article by appropriate legislation4
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