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In reply to the discussion: California is in danger of losing a House seat after adding 2.3 million people [View all]Freddie
(9,265 posts)17. The size of Congress
Was limited *specifically* to reduce the influence of big cities, which at the time were teeming with recent immigrants. Most of those immigrants were from countries where drinking was a part of the culture - Italy, Ireland, Eastern Europe. The cap on Congress was a way to help insure the passage of Prohibition. Time to end it. Set at, say, one Congressperson per 400000 citizens and revisit every 10 years. Also smaller districts would be harder to gerrymander.
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California is in danger of losing a House seat after adding 2.3 million people [View all]
Celerity
Dec 2018
OP
Yes, and one of the ways to gauge the size of the increase in the number of House members is called
Celerity
Dec 2018
#8
I'm just saying if you want to make congress truly representative, you must deep six the Senate
Major Nikon
Dec 2018
#13
you still need both chambers to pass laws, and the Senate doesn't change in size, so that stays the
Celerity
Dec 2018
#15
Actually I do have a fix for the Senate. It is ultra radical and hard to do though.
Celerity
Dec 2018
#14
Why cap the total, and adjust the ratio ? Could easily fix the ratio at say, 1 Rep:1,000,000 voters
eppur_se_muova
Dec 2018
#4
One per million is the opposite direction. That would reduce House size to only 330 or so.
Celerity
Dec 2018
#9
Rhode Island is also facing the same fate, pitting our two solid Dem Reps,
Totally Tunsie
Dec 2018
#25