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No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened.

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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Twelve amendments were originally proposed on September 25, 1789. Ten of those were ratified as the Bill of Rights, but this proposed amendment remained unratified until 1992.  No one has challenged whether the delay of over 200 years was too long a period for ratification to occur. Most modern amendments have, written into the bill, a time limit on ratification.

Twelve amendments were originally proposed on September 25, 1789. Ten of those were ratified as the Bill of Rights, but this proposed amendment remained unratified until 1992.  No one has challenged whether the delay of over 200 years was too long a period for ratification to occur. Other unratified amendments such as the [[Titles of Nobility Amendment]] are still pending for this same reason. Most modern amendments have, written into the bill, a time limit on ratification.

Seven states had ratified this amendment by 1792, and the remaining states did not ratify until [[Ohio]] voted on May 6, 1873 as a protest to the  1873 "Salary Grab Act".  On March 6, 1978, [[Wyoming]] voted to ratify it as a protest to a Congressional pay raise.  The proposed amendment remained largely forgotten until [[Gregory Watson]], a University of Texas undergraduate, wrote a paper on the subject in 1982.<ref name="fordham">{{cite journal|last=Bernstein|first=Richard B.|authorlink=Richard B. Bernstein|url=http://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3017&context=flr|title=The Sleeper Wakes: The History and Legacy of the Twenty-Seventh Amendment|journal=[[Fordham Law Review]]|volume=61|number=3|year=1992|pages=497–557|accessdate=June 9, 2013}}</ref> Watson then spent years campaigning with state legislatures to secure the necessary additional states to ratify the amendment.  The [[Congressional Apportionment Amendment]] (the other amendment that was left unratified from the Bill of Rights) is still pending and can be enacted if sufficient other states approve it.

Seven states had ratified this amendment by 1792, and the remaining states did not ratify until [[Ohio]] voted on May 6, 1873 as a protest to the  1873 "Salary Grab Act".  On March 6, 1978, [[Wyoming]] voted to ratify it as a protest to a Congressional pay raise.  The proposed amendment remained largely forgotten until [[Gregory Watson]], a University of Texas undergraduate, wrote a paper on the subject in 1982.<ref name="fordham">{{cite journal|last=Bernstein|first=Richard B.|authorlink=Richard B. Bernstein|url=http://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3017&context=flr|title=The Sleeper Wakes: The History and Legacy of the Twenty-Seventh Amendment|journal=[[Fordham Law Review]]|volume=61|number=3|year=1992|pages=497–557|accessdate=June 9, 2013}}</ref> Watson then spent years campaigning with state legislatures to secure the necessary additional states to ratify the amendment.  The [[Congressional Apportionment Amendment]] (the other amendment that was left unratified from the Bill of Rights) is still pending and can be enacted if sufficient other states approve it.

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