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This amendment was proposed in order to restrain congress from setting their own salaries.
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In 1816 The Massachutes General Court expressed it's desire for an amendment worded almost exactly the same as the amendment proposed more than a quarter of a century earlier.
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In 1873 the Ohio General Assembly ratified the compensation amenment as a means of protest against the Salary Grab Act.
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The proposed Amendment was ratified by Wyoming in 1978
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University of Texas undergraduate Gregory Watson, wrote a paper on the subject in 1982. He started a new push for ratification with a letter with a letter-writing campaign to state legislatures.
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Iowa ratified it on Febuary 9, 1989
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The Twenty Seventh Amendment was officially passed on May 7. 1992. 203 years after it was originally proposed.
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The Amendment was officially certified by Archivist of the United States Don W. Wilson.