It cannot take effect before the beginning of the next session of Congress according to the 27th Amendment to the U. S. Constitution, ratified in May 1992.
Actually, they don't have to anything to get a raise. What they can do is have a vote to stop the raise but this has never happened.
buttcrack
27th Amendment was ratified. It basically says that if congress votes itself a pay raise, it will not take effect until after the next election.
27th amendment....
None, really. The Twenty-seventh Amendment essentially says if Congress votes a pay raise (or cut) for itself, the raise doesn't take effect until after the next election of the House of Representatives. House elections occur every two years, in even-numbered years.Amendment XVIINo law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened.
the revolutionary way
Laws from Congress come from the votes of Representatives (On behalf of the People) and from the votes of the Senate (On behalf of the States).
Congress votes on their own salaries
whip
The District of Columbia which has no voting representatives in Congress , has three votes in the electoral college.
President can veto congress can override veto if they have enough votes
Congress
congress
2/3 votes from House of Representatives2/3 votes from Senate