MSNBC The Last Word With Lawrence ODonnell June 4, 2024 06:28:00
Susceptible than a precise solution than that which relates to the number most convenient for a representative legislature. the solution the constitution arrived at was to require the house of representatives to expand every ten years with the census as the population of the country expanded. the house of representatives was gaveled into existence in 1789 with 59 members and continued to expand every ten years to a total of 435 by 1929 when congress passed a law capping the house of representatives at that current size. and there we have been stuck for almost 100 years. the american academy of...