said by sivran:Already true. Whenever Reps or Senators vote themselves a pay raise, they're not going to get it unless they get re-elected.
IIRC, it's an actual amendment, or even in the Constitution proper. Maybe I'll go look it up. In any case, it's been that way for a very, very long time.
Hmm, alright, so perhaps it hasn't been so for as long as I thought. The 27th amendment was ratified in 1992.
While a Rep must get reelected to get the raise s/he voted for, this does NOT apply to 66% of the Senators since the raise goes into effect as soon as there is a new election and the new congress is seated. Thus there is a MAJOR Flaw (IMO) since the Senators not up for reelection can still vote themselves a pay raise without needing to run for election (a conflict of interest that this amendment is supposed to avoid). That is why I commented that the raise for Senators should be staggered based on their term.
