▁( 1 9 9 2 ) ▁prevents ▁members ▁of ▁Congress ▁from ▁grant ing ▁themselves ▁pay ▁ra ises ▁during ▁the ▁current ▁session . ▁R ather , ▁any ▁ra ises ▁that ▁are ▁adopted ▁must ▁take ▁effect ▁during ▁the ▁next ▁session ▁of ▁Congress . ▁Its ▁pro ponents ▁believed ▁that ▁Federal ▁legisl ators ▁would ▁be ▁more ▁likely ▁to ▁be ▁c aut ious ▁about ▁increasing ▁con gression al ▁pay ▁if ▁they ▁have ▁no ▁personal ▁st ake ▁in ▁the ▁vote . ▁Article ▁One , ▁section ▁ 6 , ▁Cla use ▁ 1 ▁has ▁been ▁affected ▁by ▁this ▁am end ment , ▁which ▁remained ▁pending ▁for ▁over ▁two ▁centuries ▁as ▁it ▁contained ▁no ▁time ▁limit ▁for ▁rat ification . ▁ ▁Un rat ified ▁am end ments ▁Collect ively , ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁House ▁and ▁Senate ▁typically ▁propose ▁around ▁ 2 0 0 ▁am end ments ▁during ▁each ▁two - year ▁term ▁of ▁Congress . ▁Most ▁however , ▁never ▁get ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁Cong r essional ▁comm itte es ▁in ▁which ▁they ▁were ▁proposed , ▁and ▁only ▁a ▁fraction ▁of ▁those ▁that ▁do ▁receive ▁enough ▁support ▁to ▁win ▁Cong r essional ▁appro val ▁to ▁actually ▁go ▁through ▁the ▁constitution al ▁rat ification ▁process . ▁ ▁Six ▁am end ments ▁approved ▁by ▁Congress ▁and ▁proposed ▁to ▁the ▁states ▁for ▁consideration ▁have ▁not ▁been ▁rat ified ▁by ▁the ▁required ▁number ▁of ▁states ▁to ▁become ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Constitution . ▁Four ▁of ▁these ▁are ▁techn ically ▁still ▁pending , ▁as ▁Congress ▁did ▁not ▁set ▁a ▁time ▁limit ▁( see ▁also ▁Cole man ▁v .