The Constitution of the United States: Amendment 27 (27th Amendment – Limiting Congressional Pay Increases)
The Constitution of the United States: Amendment 27 (Twenty-Seventh Amendment)
Amendment XXVII. (Limiting Congressional Pay Increases)
Originally proposed Sept. 25, 1789. Ratified May 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.
More
- Pay and Perquisites of Members of Congress, Including A History of House and Senate Salaries
- The Constitution of the United States: Amendments 11-27, from The National Archives
- Twenty-seventh Amendment – CRS Annotated Constitution
- Twenty-seventh Amendment – Wikipedia
- Twenty-seventh Amendment – Findlaw
- “Salaries of Members of Congress,” CRS Report RL30014
Rep. Kanjorski (D-PA) On Congressional Salary Increases
Grassley: No automatic pay raises for Congress
Congressman Mitchell Addresses the House about Stopping the Automatic Congressional 2011 Pay Raise
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