<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> A Convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution, also called an Article V Convention or Amendments Convention, called for by two - thirds (currently 34) of the state legislatures, is one of two processes authorized by Article Five of the United States Constitution whereby the Constitution, the nation's frame of government, may be altered . Amendments may also be proposed by the Congress with a two - thirds vote in both the House of Representatives and the Senate . </P> <P> To become part of the Constitution, an amendment must be ratified by either--as determined by Congress--the legislatures of three - fourths (presently 38) of the states or state ratifying conventions in three - fourths of the states . Thirty - three amendments to the United States Constitution have been approved by Congress and sent to the states for ratification . Twenty - seven of these amendments have been ratified and are now part of the Constitution . As of 2018, the convention process has never been used for proposing constitutional amendments . </P>

Who has the power to propose amendments to the constitution of the united states