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Some proposed amendments are introduced over and over again in different sessions of Congress. It is also common for a number of identical resolutions to be offered on issues that have widespread public and congressional support. Since 1789, Congress has sent 33 constitutional amendments to the states for ratification. Of these, 27 have been ...
Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution (1992), which prohibits changes to Congress members' salaries from taking effect until after an election of representatives; Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution of India, 1971 amendment establishing the union territory of Manipur (granted full statehood in 1986)
Thirty-three amendments to the Constitution of the United States have been proposed by the United States Congress and sent to the states for ratification since the Constitution was put into operation on March 4, 1789. Twenty-seven of those, having been ratified by the requisite number of states, are part of the Constitution.
Congress can pass a bill that varies the pay of representatives and senators, but it cannot take effect until an election for the U.S. House.
The second way to propose an amendment is by two-thirds “…of the several States,” which “…call a Convention for proposing Amendments….” The first process is by far the more popular.
The idea behind this amendment is to reduce corruption in the legislative branch by requiring an election before a congressperson's salary increase takes effect. The public can thus remove members of Congress from office before their salaries increase. [6] It is unclear whether the amendment produced any change in congressional behavior. [7]
Former Tennessee Attorney General Paul G. Summers writes this regular civics education guest opinion column about the U.S. Constitution.
The United States Constitution and its amendments comprise hundreds of clauses which outline the functioning of the United States Federal Government, the political relationship between the states and the national government, and affect how the United States federal court system interprets the law. When a particular clause becomes an important ...