Constitutional Amendment to Regulate Congressional Salary Increases A Slumbering Proposal's New Popularity

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Congress. Senate.

United States.

Constitutional amendments.

Federal government.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] [publisher not identified] 1986

Summary:

Reviews the 1789 proposed amendment to the Constitution to limit the power of Congress to increase salaries of Members. Examines legislative history of the salary amendment; and details recent popularity of the amendment, its passage by several States, and Congressional joint resolutions with similar provisions

Notes:

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Microfiche version Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Constitutional Amendment to Regulate Congressional Salary Increases

Publisher Number:

CRS-1986-GOV-0023

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