Re: Food Checkout Week

Jette <bosslady@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> OTOH Members of Parliament will vote themselves nice big fat rises
> this year, as they do every year.  I'm sure your Congress critters
> will do likewise.

Yes and no.  The 27th amendment to the US constitution says:

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

This amendment was submitted in 1789 and ratified in 1992.

However, Congress does get automatic cost of living increases, saying
that those are not a real increase, but just compensate for inflation.
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