Originally Posted by White[Pony]
Did you skip that day of high school goverment class?
No. Apparently you did. They CANNOT raise their own pay. Read the 27th Amendment again.
They can... and DO on a semi-regular basis.
When did they do that, and when did it take effect? Answer to the second part: AFTER the new Congress is seated.
Don't try too hard to fault supporters of the right, you might make yourself look stupid in the process.
If you presume to know the supreme law of the land without having read it, it's you who looks stupid.