The Twenty-Seventh Amendment

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 Twenty-seventh Amendment prohibits any law that increases or decreases the salary of members of the Congress from taking effect until the start of the next set of terms of office for Representatives. It is the most recent amendment to the United States Constitution, having been ratified in 1992, more than 202 years after its initial submission in 1789.
it it took almost 200 years to pass this amendment, then we could only infer that there have been pay increases during that time frame. it think that is important to pay congress members well however i also think that this amendment is an awesome check to that.
Finally, this is complete. i think he does a great job explaining the amendment and gives me an awesome video to add to my blog. this isnt a complicated amendment that could be applied as much at the other amendments but and important amendment none the less! :]

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