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To: Steve1999
27th Amendment
No law varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened.

Although it was passed to keep them from giving themselves instant raises, it also works for pay cuts.

21 posted on 03/24/2020 3:27:38 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (Newton invented calculus when the plague shut down Cambridge. What will you do with your time off?)
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To: KarlInOhio

Ditto! You beat me to it.


34 posted on 03/24/2020 3:50:30 PM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Gone but not forgiven.)
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