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Submitted By Congress
The 27th Amendment was submitted by congress to be ratified on September 25, 1789 -
Bill of Rights
When the 27th Amendment was proposed in 1789 it was ment to be in the Bill of Rights but it got only six state votes and needed ten to be added. Since it didn't get enough votes it hasd to wait until it got 38 state votes. Maryland was the first state to ratify it in 1789. -
Time
During 1917 there was a time limit added to the constitution. The Archivist of the United States will notify the states when a new amendment has been proposed. -
Wyoming Ratifies
On March 6, 1978 Wyoming ratified the 27th amendment trying to protest against a congressional pay raise. -
Watson Creates Paper
In 1982 Gregory Watson, a sophomore at the University of Texas- Austin needed a topic to write about in his government class so he wrote about the 27th amendment. Even though he recieved a "C" on it and was told the amendment will never get ratified he pursued with his own money to get the states to ratify it. -
New Hampsire
On March 17, 1885 after being rejected on January 26, 1790 became the 13th state to ratify instead of being the 4th. -
Amendment Is Ratified
On May 7th, 1992 after 202 years, 7 months and 12 days Michigan became the 38th state to ratify making the 27th amendment get published into the constitution. -
Facts
The president at the time was Bill Clinton when the amendment was ratified and it is the most recent amendment to this day. -
Amendment Confirmed
On May 18, 1992 Don Wilson confirmed that the 27th amendment was ratified and is now a part of the constition. -
Congress Pay
According to section two of the Bill a payroll admisitrator would hold congress' pay after April 15, 2013 if they didn't decide the 2014 fiscal year budget.
