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But it was not until this day in 1992 that the amendment was actually officially added tz to the constitution. 12 days before that, michigan became the 38th state to ratify the 27th amendment. you recognize that guy. right? heres some of nbcs andrea mitchells report on that. >> the revolution is about -- >> reporter: when michigan dame the 38th state to ratify the amendment it was official. a few hours later, new jersey added its voice. one more state needed. written by james madison, the idea w...

Country, but not in one place,e freshman representative wants to put an end to that, congressman, you have a plan to make congress feel some of the pain of the whats your plan? >> well, my plan is simple. i think that the sequester should simply apply to our pay. we are somehow exempted from that, so you see other members of the federal work force, you see members of the congressional staff may have to get pay cuts depending how the budgets work and i think its part of being a republican form of...

Congress. freshman representative wants to put an end to that, congressman, you have a plan to make congress feel some of the pain of the whats your plan? >> well, my plan is simple. i think that the sequester should simply apply to our pay. we are somehow exempted from that, so you see other members of the federal work force, you see members of the congressional staff may have to get pay cuts depending how the budgets work and i think its part of being a republican form of government that were ...

Programs. its probably as painless a way but i would not support cutting social security and medicare in order to preserve the tax cuts and what we have done in this kind of sequential budget that we are dealing with. >> congressman, i want you to help me understand something. krystal referenced the no budget, no pay provision. they wont be paid with no budget by april 15th and sounds good and im sure the american people are like, wow, theyre doing something but 27th amendment of the constitutio...

Find common ground and move forward. >> you set off a constitutional debate, the 27th amendment which has been getting attention lately. it says that congress cannot vary is the word that the 27th amendment uses you cant vary the pay of senators and members of the white house while they are in session. do you think this passes constitutional muster? i dont know if we will get to that point. maybe a budget mr. bush passed but if -- will pass muster. >> the way it is written it doesnt take pay awa...

Boehner after the house passed a bill making the debt ceiling disappear until may 18th, without cutting any federal spending. the stupidly named and conceived "no budget, no pay act" passed with a vote. 33 republicans voted against the bill, 199 voted for it. 86 democrats voted for the bill, 111 democrats voted against it. not only will the no budget, no pay act suspend the debt ceiling for about three months, it also requires the house and senate to pass budget resolutions by april 15th, and if...

Law, and doesnt change anything. it is just a resolution, a promise to do something in the future. and the way they have written it, apparently ezra, if the senate passes one, then okay, the senate can get paid. if the house passes one then house members can get paid. but the 27th amendment very simply says no law varying the compensation of the services of senators and representatives shall take effect until the elected representatives shall have intervened. this varies their compensation. and ...

Bill, 199 voted for it. 86 democrats voted for the bill, 111 democrats voted against it. not only will the no budget, no pay act suspend the debt ceiling for about three months, it also requires the house and senate to pass budget resolutions by april 15th, and if they dont, representatives and senators will not get paid, which is of course, wildly unconstitutional. the 27th amendment prohibits congress from modifying their own paychecks in any way. they can vote to change the pay for future con...

I imagine this is part of the 27th amendment you point out, it is not no budget, no pay. if they dont pass a budget they dont get paid until the final day of the session. it is no budget, you get paid later. but you get all of your money kept in an escrow account, all handed to you on the last day of the session. it is not the same as no budget, no pay. just one more thing about the bill that is not quite on the level. >> and it is not actually a budget theyre talking about. all theyre talking a...