Question

What action brought renewed attention to the proposed Twenty-Seventh Amendment?

Answer 1

The Twenty-Seventh Amendment was brought back into the spotlight in the 1980s as a result of growing public displeasure with Congressional pay raises. As a result, in 1982 the amendment caught the attention of Gregory Watson, an aide to a Texas State legislator. Gregory Watson then spearheaded a decade-long movement to ratify the amendment.

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