U.S. House — convention path and February 20 vote

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Use for the dated congressional sequence and vote; pair with the enrolled joint resolution for the legal text.

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U.S. House — Twenty-first Amendment convention path

Context

The House history traces how an initially failed resolution’s state-convention mechanism became part of the successful joint resolution.

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1585

Excerpt Text

After Rainey’s December 5, 1932 resolution failed, the convention provision was restored on February 15, 1933; the Senate approved on February 16 and the House voted 289–121 on February 20.

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The Ratification of the Twenty-first Amendment

Supports Claims

Repeal required organized mobilization and a workable constitutional mechanismRepeal advanced through a deliberately chosen state-convention ratification mechanismThe Twenty-First Amendment ended national constitutional Prohibition on December 5, 1933 without eliminating state alcohol authority

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American Whiskey History and Culture

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