26th and 27th Amendments

26^th Amendment:

1. The 26^th Amendment states that if you are a citizen of the United States, and you are 18 years of age or older, you have the right to vote. The United States cannot deny you. During WW2, the voting age was 21 and older. They had a debate whether or not they should lower the voting age to 18. Finally in March of 1971, they passed the 26^th Amendment which lowered the voting age to 18 and older. It was ratified July 1, 1971. President Richard M. Nixon signed it into law in July.

27^th Amendment:

1. The 27^th amendment forbids the members of congress from raising their own pay during that term. It was proposed in 1789 and in 1992, (203 years later) it was finally ratified. It was proposed by James Madison and was going to be one of the 12 first amendments. At first, there was only 6 states that ratified the amendment, but they needed 3/4ths of the states to ratify it for it to pass. So a college kid named Gregory Watson decided to write a paper on the issue. He went across the country for 10 years getting his word across. Michigan was the last state to ratify it before it was passed because 3/4ths of the states decided to ratify it.