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RUMMYisFROSTED

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Thu Aug-11-11 02:29 PM
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The 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

-1992

Not so hard to get an Amendment is it?

The most "important" thing was taken care of.

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Drale

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Thu Aug-11-11 02:31 PM
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1. That amendment was started way back in the 1790's

They did everything that needed to be done but get the states to vote, in the early 90's some college kid found out about it and decided to finish what they started. He got it done.

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hack89

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Thu Aug-11-11 02:31 PM
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2. It took 203 years to ratify. nt

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RUMMYisFROSTED

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Thu Aug-11-11 02:34 PM
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3. No it didn't.

It was proposed 200 years ago.

It was implemented pretty quickly.

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hack89

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Thu Aug-11-11 02:37 PM
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4. Submitted to Congress in 1789, ratified in 1992. nt

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RUMMYisFROSTED

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Thu Aug-11-11 02:42 PM
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6. Think!

A congressional pay Amendment gets passed. (200 years or 1 year, doesn't matter. That's OUR last Amendment!)

Everything else not so much.

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hack89

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Thu Aug-11-11 02:45 PM
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8. It was the first one proposed by the states after the BOR as an explicit curb on congressional power

it is excellent amendment.

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RUMMYisFROSTED

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Thu Aug-11-11 02:54 PM
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9. And what's the first thing, farthest from the next election that Congress does?

It's a meaningless Amendment. It's going to happen.

Equal rights for women? Nope.
Hell, equal rights for everybody! :think: Nope.
The safest way to harbor congressional pay raises. :think: Yessir!.

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hack89

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Thu Aug-11-11 03:01 PM
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10. You misunderstand the purpose of the Amendment

it's goal is to give the voters the opportunity to punish their elected officials if they vote themselves a lavish pay raise. Congress is required to face the electorate before seeing a penny of their pay raise.

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Freddie Stubbs

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Thu Aug-11-11 02:40 PM
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5. It was submitted to the states by Congress on September 25, 1789

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-seventh_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution

It took 203 years for the states to ratify it.

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RUMMYisFROSTED

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Thu Aug-11-11 02:43 PM
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7. The last 2 Amendments:

18 to vote.
Congressional pay.

Can you see the priorities?

:think:

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