Amendment 27

Amendment XXVII

No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened.


It means that Congress can't raise their own pay. When they vote for a pay raise, it can't go into effect until the next session of Congress.



It was one of the 12 original amendments proposed to the US Constitution. The first 10 became the bill of rights; the 27th amendment floated around for 200 years before finally being ratified in 1992.

 

 

 

Do you feel this is a fair amendment? Is it enforced?

 

 

 

Is there a better way to enforce this amendment?