Question

The 27th Amendment to the Constitution, added in 1992, forbids sitting members of Congress from raising their pay while in session. Who wrote this Amendment and when was it written?

A. John Breckinridge; 1802
B. Franklin
d. Roosevelt; 1951
C. James Madison; 1789
D. Barbara Boxer; 1989

Answer 1

It is James Madison.

Answer 2

It was James Madison who wrote this Amendment in 1798, and it was actually part of twelve total amendments that Madison proposed for the Constitution that he thought would better the country.