On September 24, 1789, the U.S. House took up the report of the conference committee. The committee reconciled the differences between the House’s 17 articles of amendment and the Senate’s 12 by changing the text in two of them.
The committee’s version of the Senate’s article III became the language we now know as the first amendment prohibiting Congress from making laws establishing a religion, prohibiting the free exercise of religion, freedom of press, assembly or the right to petition the government. Its version of the Senate’s article VIII became the language we now know as the sixth amendment, consolidating the rights to speedy, public trials by jury in criminal cases.
The House journal for that day reported the vote was 37-14 in favor of the amendments. This met the requirement for 2/3 approval. The Senate journal reported unanimous approval on Friday, September 25, 1789.
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