The Twenty-Seventh Amendment was proposed by the Congress in 1789, but was not approved by the states until 1992.

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The Twenty-Seventh Amendment, which prohibits any law that increases or decreases the salary of members of Congress from taking effect until the start of the next set of terms of office for Representatives, was indeed first proposed in 1789 and was not ratified by the necessary number of states until 1992.

The Twenty-Seventh Amendment Was Proposed by the Congress in 1789