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Amendment XXVII

Congressional Pay

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"No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened."
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The Twenty-Seventh AmendmentPreserves the right to a jury in federal civil cases where the amount in controversy exceeds twenty dollars, and limits reexamination of jury findings.Read the full definition (opens a new tab) delays any change in congressional pay until after the next House election. Proposed in 1789, it was not ratificationFinal approval that gives a measure legal force: states ratify constitutional amendments (3/4 required); the Senate consents to treaties (2/3).Read the full definition (opens a new tab) until 1992.

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