n short, the Twenty-Seventh Amendment states that a sitting Congress cannot give itself a raise or cut its pay during its current session. Any pay raise or cut would take effect for the next Congress. A. Describe the process of passing a constitutional amendment in Congress. B. Explain how the states affect the process described in Part (A). C. The Equal Rights Amendment was passed by Congress but never ratified by the states. Many other proposed amendments have shared the same fate. Explain how the high bar in passing amendments, as illustrated in these examples, reflects the Framers’ ideas about government.