Should the US House of Representatives Have more People?
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On all fairness, I don’t think you need to triple it... Communications and public opinion polling is lightyears ahead of what it was 90 years ago...
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The Founding Fathers thought one representative for every ~30k people was the way to go.
Now we have one representative for every 500k (Montana) to 778k (Florida).
If you feel you’re not sufficiently represented, well, yeah, you’re not compared to Americans in years past.The article goes through different principles and methods for scaling the House of Representatives in relation to population growth and population distribution.
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As I commented earlier, communication technology has made much of the need unnecessary.
But I tell you what… I’ll support growing the House by say 25% if we go back to having the State Legislatures appoint their US Senate representatives.
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As I commented earlier, communication technology has made much of the need unnecessary.
But I tell you what… I’ll support growing the House by say 25% if we go back to having the State Legislatures appoint their US Senate representatives.
@LuFins-Dad said in Should the US House of Representatives Have more People?:
As I commented earlier, communication technology has made much of the need unnecessary.
But I tell you what… I’ll support growing the House by say 25% if we go back to having the State Legislatures appoint their US Senate representatives.
Horrible idea in my view given the state legislature’s power to construct their house delegations, something never envisioned by the founders.
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@LuFins-Dad said in Should the US House of Representatives Have more People?:
As I commented earlier, communication technology has made much of the need unnecessary.
But I tell you what… I’ll support growing the House by say 25% if we go back to having the State Legislatures appoint their US Senate representatives.
Horrible idea in my view given the state legislature’s power to construct their house delegations, something never envisioned by the founders.
@jon-nyc said in Should the US House of Representatives Have more People?:
@LuFins-Dad said in Should the US House of Representatives Have more People?:
As I commented earlier, communication technology has made much of the need unnecessary.
But I tell you what… I’ll support growing the House by say 25% if we go back to having the State Legislatures appoint their US Senate representatives.
Horrible idea in my view given the state legislature’s power to construct their house delegations, something never envisioned by the founders.
I wouldn’t mind changing the redistricting rules…
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It’s hard to imagine it being more effective with, say, 700 rather than 435.
And it would put lobbying out of reach of small organizations.
@jon-nyc said in Should the US House of Representatives Have more People?:
It’s hard to imagine it being more effective with, say, 700 rather than 435.
And it would put lobbying out of reach of small organizations.
I'd like to put K Street out of business.
- No elected official or government employee may lobby Congress or the President for ten years after separation of service.
- A congressman's time for visitors must be mandated to include half of his time devoted to people who reside in his home state.
- Lobbyists must be registered.
- Lobbyists will participate in a lottery system for the congressman's time.
- Any lobbyist offering a congressman anything more costly than a decent meal and a couple of drinks in D.C., will be subject to two years at hard labor, no parole. And a fine not to exceed $50,000, paid for by the company that employs him. Meals or minor gifts shall not exceed one per 30 days.
- Any congressman taking anything that cost more than a decent meal and a couple of drinks in D.C., is in violation of congressional ethics and will be immediately thrown out of congress, banned from ever holding any federal elective office and be subject to two years at hard labor, no parole.
- Any lobbyist convicted under item 5, will immediately have the company or consortium of companies who hired him, banned from lobbying congress for five years.
I think that's a good start.
