Thursday, November 10, 2011

Size of House

Facts:
1.  20 percent of the public support increasing the size of the House.
2.  In 1911 Congress determined that 435 seats were adequate for the size of the House.
3.  The average U.S. congressional district now contains roughly 640,000 citizens, as opposed to about 200,000 in 1911.
4.  There were 65 members in 1789.
5.  Some representatives find it hard to get in touch with large number of people.

Questions:
1.  Would taxes severely go up with the addition of new seats?
2.  How will the government be able to fit the new members into the already veteran representatives?
3.  Will the new representatives be looked down upon from the ones who hold the original 435 seats?
4.  What rule of counting will the government go with if they decide to increase the House?
5.  Will an expansion delay even further the process of passing bills?

In my opinion the House should in time be expanded, but I do not believe that a lot of seats should be added at once.  I believe this because a sudden change like this might throw the House into chaos,with redistricting and more elections.  The House should be expanded to the proposed number, but maybe over the course of 10 years. 

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