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This is the section which encodes the British principle of "Parliamentary Privilege" for the new government of the US this is the rule that people can't be arrested for debating against their government. It allows Senators and Representatives to say and do things within the Senate and House that would be illegal outside, it is designed to protect them from an over powerful executive. This doctrine has been used in the past to read into the public record documents that would otherwise be "Official Secrets" and to protect members from arrest for trespass while protesting government actions. In Britain it had protected MPs who had spoken out in favour of the rebels/patriots during debate in the house.
It also provides for the paying of members, and says that while they set their own pay, changes only apply to incoming members not the ones who set it.
It further provides (again straight from the British Parliament rule book) that nobody can be given a job working for the government while also sitting in the house or senate, to prevent "official bribery" for votes.
I quote:
Section. 6.
The Senators and Representatives shall receive a Compensation for their Services, to be ascertained by Law, and paid out of the Treasury of the United States. They shall in all Cases, except Treason, Felony and Breach of the Peace, be privileged from Arrest during their Attendance at the Session of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same; and for any Speech or Debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in any other Place.
No Senator or Representative shall, during the Time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil Office under the Authority of the United States, which shall have been created, or the Emoluments whereof shall have been encreased during such time; and no Person holding any Office under the United States, shall be a Member of either House during his Continuance in Office.
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