1 Roast beef for 5 minutes per pound. 2  Then turn off oven. 3  DO NOT OPEN OVEN FOR 2 HOURS! (For example, a 4-lb. roast would take 20 minutes to cook and then sit in the turned-off oven for 2 hours.). Preheat oven to 500 degrees. 2  If desired, trim off excess fat from roast beef. 3  Season with salt and pepper (and paprika, if desired). 4  Rub meat with vegetable oil. 5  Place meat in roasting pan in preheated oven. 6  Roast beef for 5 minutes per pound.
There have been close to 10,000 amendments proposed in Congress since 1789, and only a fraction of a percentage of those receive enough support to actually go through the constitutional ratification process. The success rate of an amendment to become part of the Constitution is less than 1%.t the time of its ratification, the population of the United States was around 4 million and today that population exceeds 309 million. Since its adoption the Constitution has only changed 27 times! Actually, since 1791 (with the inclusion of the Bill of Rights) it has only changed 16 times.
Proposing an amendment means Congress requesting the states to vote on adding an amendment to the Constitution. The states then vote in favor of (or not) the issue of the amendment being added to the Constitution (ratification - agreeing with Congress that it should be added). So.......... proposing is a function of Congress, ratification is a function of the states. Any senator or congressman can propose an amendment to the constitution but it will require a yes vote by 2/3 vote for both houses and 3/4 of the state legislatures to ratify or approve the amendment.