It means that the salaries of congress will not change until the next term in office.
The Twenty-seventh Amendment to the U.S. Constitution reads:
No law, varying the compensation for the services of Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened.
"No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened." In other words, the newly sworn in will have no power until an election of representatives have also had imput
the purpose of all the amendment is to give people option and freedom of what they do or believe in. also the amendment was out to help give people the rights to do what they feel that is right ( not in bad ways).
The purpose of the 2nd Amendment is to protect the right of individuals to keep and bear arms. The Amendment was ratified on December 17, 1791.
No, but it should be.Congressional cost of living adjustments (COLAs) have been upheld against legal challenges based on this amendment.
To give women the right to vote.
bail and punishment (1791) excessive bail not be used, nor excessive fines imposed. no cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
To give all men the right to vote. (Women still didn't have the right to vote until 1920.)
Gregory Watson is associated with the 27th amendment because he led the movement to get the amendment ratified. The 27th Amendment was ratified in May of 1992.
27th amendment
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the 27th amendment eliminates the amendment that prohibits alcohol.
27th Both the most recently ratified (1992) AND the longest to get ratified (it took 203 years)
27th
James Madison
the 27th amendment
the 27th amendment
The 27th amendment, which was finally ratified in 1992.
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