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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? here's some of nbc's andrea mitchell's 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 was simple. a pay raise should not go into effect until after the next election so the voters coul...

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 what's 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 it's part of being a republican form of government that we're not exempting ourselves from the operation of laws. so, it's a small money ...

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 what's 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 it's part of being a republican form of government that we're not exempting ourselves from the operation of laws. so, it's a small money saver, but i think it ...

Programs. it's 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 won't be paid with no budget by april 15th and sounds good and i'm sure the american people are like, wow, they're doing something but 27th amendment of the constitution says no, you can't do. no law varying the compensation of services of senators and representat...