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Josh Brecheen: “The 27th Amendment prohibits us to do anything about our…”

Featuring: Josh Brecheen, Republican | U.S. House Oklahoma, 2nd Congressional District

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Congressman Josh Brecheen joins Fox News to Discuss Government Funding Fight

Published | Video Starts at 02:59

So I'd say that first and foremost and what we're going to be running legislation, my staff and I have already talked it through. The 27th Amendment prohibits us to do anything about our salaries in current session, but doesn't, you know, futuristically. And so we've already discussed it as of yesterday. How can we push this, this measure forward to make sure that it's not just by escrow, but it's actually something statutolo we can do. (02:59–03:08)

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Asserts that the 27th Amendment prevents altering congressional salaries during the current session.

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