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How did the 27th amendment affect members of congress?

yes


What issue does the 27th Amendment address?

The 27th amendment to the Constitution refers to the wages of senators and congressmen. Essentially, the amendment prevents congress people from giving themselves a salary increase.


Which amendment sayd the president cannot change salary for congress until after next election?

The 27th Amendment


What amendment prohibited Congress from actually receiving a raise in the same term they voted it in to effect?

The 27th amendment


Does the 27th amendment prohibit members of Congress from receiving salary increases until after the next election has been held?

27th


What was the amendment that that prevents congress from getting a pay increase until af ter a general election?

27th amendment!


Why did you have to make the 27th amendment?

Essentially, the 27th Amendment to the US Constitution has little to do with the average person. It deals with whether or not the Congress can vote itself a raise until the next Representative election.


How many years between when the 27th amendment was propose by congress and when if was ratified by the state?

100


How many years between when the 27Th amendment was proposed by congress and when if was ratified by the states?

100


Why was the 27th amendment adopted?

The 27th amendment was passed to keep Congress from voting themselves a salary increase. Any salary increases cannot begin until the start of the next term.


In what year was the last amendment passed?

The 27th Amendment limits the pay increases of members of congress was ratified on May 7, 1992.


What amendment took 203 years to ratify and what does it do?

the Madison Amendment (Amendment 27, which bars a sitting Congress from raising its own compensation). The 27th Amendment took 203 years to ratify; it was deemed "sufficiently contemporaneous" by Congress and was added to the Constitution in 1992.