OG 41 41. Under a provision of the Constitution that was never applied. Congress has been required to call a convention for considering possible amendments to the document when formally asked to do it by the legislatures of two-thirds of the states. (A) was never applied, Congress has been required to call a convention for considering possible amendments to the document when formally asked to do it (B) was never applied, there has been a requirement that Congress call a convention for consideration of possible amendments to the document when asked to do it formally (C) was never applied, whereby Congress is required to call a convention for considering possible amendments to the document when asked to do it formally (D) has never been applied, whereby Congress is required to call a convention to consider possible amendments to the document when formally asked to do so (E) has never been applied. Congress is required to call a convention to consider possible amendments to the document when formally asked to do so The predicate has never been applied refers to a span of time, from the writing of the Constitution to the present, rather than to a past event (as was does), and the phrase is required indicates that the provision still applies