Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution
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title:
Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution
text:
The Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution states that any law that increases or decreases the salary of members of Congress may take effect only after the next election of the House of Representatives has occurred. It is the most recently adopted amendment but was one of the first proposed. The 1st Congress submitted the amendment to the states for ratification on September 25, 1789, along with 11 other proposed amendments. The last ten Articles were ratified in 1791 to beco
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1992 amendment delaying congressional salary changes
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-seventh_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
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2001-02-09T02:00:04Z
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2024-08-27T21:29:48Z
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