[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 1 (Wednesday, January 5, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H45]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. GINGREY of Georgia:
       H.R. 124.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 6, Clause 1 of the Constitution that 
     states ``The Senators and Representatives shall receive a 
     Compensation for their Services, to be ascertained by Law, 
     and paid out of the Treasury of the United States.''
       The 27th Amendment to the Constitution states ``Now law, 
     varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and 
     Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of 
     Representatives shall have intervened.''