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The Twenty-seventh Amendment (Amendment XXVII) is the most recent Amendment to the United States Constitution, having been ratified in 1992, 202½ years after its initial submission in 1789.
The Twenty-seventh Amendment provides that any change in Congressional salaries may only take effect after the beginning of the next term of office for Representatives. Sometimes called the "Congressional Compensation Amendment of 1789", the "Congressional Pay Amendment", and the "Madison Amendment", it was...
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