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