23. D.C. added to Electoral College;

24. Prohibits tax reasons for vote denial;

25. Presidential succession;

26. Allowed 18-year-old's to vote;

27. Congressional pay raises.

From our amendments, we can see that many were clearly to achieve very specific purposes. If our 28th Amendment is to receive three-fourths of our states’ approval, we need to make sure it is really needed.

Is Congress exempt from the laws it passes?

Not so fast ...

According to Brooks Jackson in his piece titled, “Lawmaker Loopholes,” there are lots of falsehoods out there including that Congressmen and women can retire after just one year if service; or that they don’t pay into Social Security; or that they are exempt from Obamacare. Or that supporters of the 28th fail to recognize that under House Republican Leadership in 1994, the Congress passed the Congressional Accountability Act, which made most of our laws moving forward applicable to Congress.