Should the 27th amendment be abolished?
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What you've written has nothing at all to do with the 27th Amendment otherwise known as "The Variance of Congressional Compensation." This bill was originally brought to the fore by James Madison in 1789 and did not have enough support (3/4 of the States) to pass for ratification. It is also the only one that required no time limit to be ratified by all the states. With Michigan's ratification in 1992, the 27th Amendment was finally added to the Constitution. G.W. Bush gave Congress a 3.9% pay raise for 2009. The 2008 salary for the members of Congress and Senate is $169.300.00 yearly. It's a heck of a lot less than most CEO's (1.6 Million for the CEO of GM) considering the hours and work they put in. It has nothing to do with Americans voting to GET a tax raise or the 14 Trillion dollar debt. Congress cannot vote itself a pay-raise and members of Congress |
