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Which amendment prohibits changes in salaries for Senators of Representatives from going into effect until after the next election?
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27th
Both the most recently ratified (1992) AND the longest to get ratified (it took 203 years)
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∙ 13y agoIt's Amendment 27
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∙ 14y agotwenty seventh amnedment
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∙ 14y agothe 27th amendment
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∙ 13y agothe 27th amendment
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∙ 13y agoAmendment 27
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∙ 9y ago(Twenty-seventh Amendment)
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∙ 10y ago27
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What was the 27 amendment?
The 27th Amendment states: No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of representatives shall have intervened.
What does the twenty seventh amendment say about the salaries of senators and representives?
The actual text is... "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 simple terms - it means that no laws concerning the pay of senators & representatives can be enforced before the next general election.
The 17th Amendment changed the election of Senators from?
The 17th Amendment changed the election of Senators from state legislators. The 17th Amendment elects Senators by popular vote of the constituents.
The direct election of senators was established with the?
amendment to 17th amendment
Which amendment provided for the direct election or senators?
Seventeenth amendment
What amendment calls for direct election to senators?
The 17th Amendment to the United States Constitution calls for the direct election of senators. Before its ratification in 1913, senators were chosen by state legislatures. The amendment gives citizens the power to vote directly for their senators in elections.
What was the purpose of the 27th amendment?
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.
What amendment states that Congress cannot vote for itself to have a pay raise?
The 27th Amendment to the US Constitution states, No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened.
Where was the last constitutional amendment written?
Amendment 27 - Limiting Congressional Pay Increases. Ratified 5/7/1992.No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened.
What does the seventeenth amendment permit?
The direct election of senators.
When was the last amendment to the Constitution?
The last successful Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was the XXVII (27th Amendment) and was ratified May 5, 1992 It states: No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened. The last Unsuccessful Amendment was the Victims' Rights Amendment proposed in 2003.
What amendment provided for the direct election of the us senate?
The 17th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution requires popular election of U.S. Senators.
