1789 pay raise amendment returns to haunt Congress.

Follows the action of Congress on a May 7, 1992 ratification of a 203-year-old amendment prohibiting midterm pay raises for Senators and Representatives. The amendment was originally proposed by James Madison and first ratified by Maryland in 1789. One of the twelve proposed amendments in which ten became the Bill of Rights; Debating the issue in the midst of an election year; The amendment's lack of a deadline; States that have accepted the amendment; More.