Amendments to the Constitution
Amendment XXVII
No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened.
Debates in Congress
- quoted bySuggestedHouse, August 14, 1789, ¶ 68
Between the words ** United States," and ** shall in all cases," strike out " they," and insert '* but no law varying the compensation shall take eff'ect, until an election of representatives shall have intervened.
The paragraph gives the words of the committee's proposal, and its words "until an election of representatives shall have intervened" appear in the Twenty-seventh Amendment.
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