Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution
GPTKB entity
Statements (19)
| Predicate | Object |
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| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:constitutional_law
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| gptkbp:author |
gptkb:James_Madison
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| gptkbp:category |
gptkb:constitutional_law
gptkb:1992_in_the_United_States 1992 in American law |
| gptkbp:followedBy |
nan
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution
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| gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Article_V
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| gptkbp:longestRatificationPeriod |
Yes
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| gptkbp:number |
27
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| gptkbp:precededBy |
gptkb:Twenty-sixth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
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| gptkbp:proposedBy |
gptkb:First_United_States_Congress
gptkb:September_25,_1789 |
| gptkbp:purpose |
To prevent members of Congress from granting themselves immediate pay raises
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| gptkbp:ratifiedBy |
May 7, 1992
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| gptkbp:subject |
gptkb:Congressional_pay
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| gptkbp:text |
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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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:constitutional_law
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4
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