The 27th amendment is our most recent amendment, ratified in 1992. It reads:
“No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened.”
Isabel
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Intervene in that instance is exactly right, the election would have altered the circumstances, therefore it would have intervened to change the outcome.
Doctor P
1. To come, appear, or lie between two things: You can't see the lake from there because the house intervenes.
2. To come or occur between two periods or points of time: A year intervened between the two dynasties.
3. To occur as an extraneous or unplanned circumstance: He would have his degree by now if his laziness hadn't intervened.
4.
1. To involve oneself in a situation so as to alter or hinder an action or development: "Every gardener faces choices about how and how much to intervene in nature's processes" (Dora Galitzki).
2. To interfere, usually through force or threat of force, in the affairs of another nation.
5. Law. To enter into a suit as a third party for one's own interests.
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Nicole
Intervene actually means to step in. Example if a teen is using drugs the family has to intervene or step in and help.