We're going to walk through all 27 amendments and we're going to talk about four different periods of constitutional reform. Amendment IX. — Ratified December 15, 1791.It gives electors to the District of Columbia – the capital city of the United States – so that it may participate in presidential elections. Listen and read along. Senate report on PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES RELATING TO CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES INTENDED TO AFFECT ELECTIONS. The Constitution is still very much in the news these days. Senate report on PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES RELATING TO CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES INTENDED TO AFFECT ELECTIONS. From 1789 through January 3, 2019, approximately 11,770 measures have been proposed to amend the United States Constitution. Listen and read along. The Seventeenth Amendment (Amendment XVII) to the United States Constitution established the direct election of United States senators in each state.