From 1789 through January 3, 2019, approximately 11,770 measures have been proposed to amend the United States Constitution.
[1] Collectively, members of the House and Senate typically propose around 200 amendments during each two-year term of Congress.
Only a fraction of those actually receive enough support to win Congressional approval to go through the constitutional ratification process.
It is also common for a number of identical resolutions to be offered on issues that have widespread public and congressional support.
[4] Constitutional amendment proposals considered in but not approved by Congress during the 19th century included: Constitutional amendment proposals considered in but not approved by Congress during the 20th century included the following: Constitutional amendment proposals considered in but not approved by Congress thus far in the 21st century have included: