[COLAS: Since its adoption, this amendment has not hindered members of the Congress from receiving "cost of living adjustments" (COLAs). In the case of Boehner v. Anderson,[3] the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that the Twenty-seventh Amendment does not affect annual COLAs. In Schaffer v. Clinton,[4] the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit ruled that receiving such a COLA, does not grant members of the Congress standing in federal court to challenge that COLA; the Supreme Court did not hear either case and so has never ruled on this specific issue.] Wikipedia