1789Congress passes 12 amendments proposed by James Madison for the U.S. Constitution, sending them to the states for ratification. Ten of them became the Bill of Rights. Another of them, regarding compensation for members of Congress, wasn’t ratified until 1992 when it became the 27th Amendment. One of the proposals, which addresses expanding the size of the House of Representatives, has yet to be ratified by three-fourths of the states.2014U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announces his resignation after six years …