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The 27th Amendment to the Constitution, added in 1992, forbids sitting members of Congress from raising their pay while in session. Who wrote this Amendment and when was it written?

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Sometimes called the "Congressional Compensation Amendment of 1789", the "Congressional Pay Amendment", and the "Madison Amendment", it was intended to serve as a restraint on the power of Congress to set its own salary—an obvious potential for conflict of interest. Presented in the United States House of Representatives by Representative James Madison of Virginia It is the most recent amendment to the United States Constitution, having been ratified in 1992, despite its initial submission 203 years prior.

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