The 27th amendment to the Constitution was ratified in 1992. It says that Congress can't make any laws to decrease or increase their own salaries that will take effect before the next term. This was first proposed in 1789, so it took over 200 years to become law.
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1992... the 27th amendment was added to the constitution limiting congressional pay.
The last amendment added to the Constitution was the twenty-seventh (added over 200 years ago), and it was last ratified in 1992.
There are 27 amendments in the US Constitution.
The 27th amendment, which was finally ratified in 1992.
That depends on your definition of "changed". The constitution has been amended 27 times since it's inception, most recently in 1992.The Twenty-seventh Amendment (Amendment XXVII) prohibits any law that increases or decreases the salary of members of the Congress from taking effect until the start of the next set of terms of office for Representatives.The first ten Amendments (the Bill of Rights) are usually considered original to the Constitution and only the last 17 are considered additional to the original document.