Twenty Seventh Amendment - Congress Compensation
Amendment XXVII - Congressional Compensation
Passed by Congress 1992. Ratified May 5, 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.
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