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Twenty-seventh Amendment. The constitutional amendment, ratified in 1992, that prevents a pay raise for senators and representatives from taking effect until a new Congress convenes. • This amendment was proposed as part of the original Bill of Rights in 1789, but it took 203 years for the required three-fourths of the states to ratify it. […]

Twenty-seventh Amendment

glossary / TWENTY-SEVENTH AMENDMENT, 美国宪法第二十七条修正案

Twenty-seventh Amendment 〈美〉美国宪法第二十七条修正案该修正案是美国宪法上的一件奇事。它早在1789年就作为原《权利法案》十二条款中的第二条被提出，但却在203年之后的1992年才得到3/4州的批准。它规定国会议员不能自己投票决定提高自己的工资〔pay raise〕，而只能决定增加后任国会众议员和参议员的工资。

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