| 词条 | Salary Grab Act |
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The Salary Grab Act was passed by the United States Congress on March 3, 1873. The effect of the Act was, the day before the inauguration of President Ulysses S. Grant for a second term, to double the salary of the President (to $50,000) and the salaries of Supreme Court Justices. Hidden in the salary increases was also a 50 percent increase for members of Congress, retroactive to the beginning of their just-ending term. Public outcry led Congress to rescind the congressional salary increase.[1] As a protest against the Act, Ohio ratified what would become the Twenty-seventh Amendment.[1] See also
References1. ^1 {{cite web| last=Dean| first=John W.| authorlink=John Dean| title=The Telling Tale of the Twenty-Seventh Amendment: A Sleeping Amendment Concerning Congressional Compensation Is Later Revived| publisher=FindLaw| date= 7 September 2002| url=http://writ.corporate.findlaw.com/dean/20020927.html| accessdate=12 July 2014}} {{US-fed-statute-stub}} 4 : 1873 in law|United States federal government administration legislation|Political corruption in the United States|Employee compensation in the United States |
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