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Eric Baradat / AFP via Getty Images Listen / For decades, the size of the U.S. House of Representatives has pitted state against state in a fight for political power after each census. That's because, for the most part, there is a number that has not changed for more than a century — the 435 seats for the House's voting members. While the House did temporarily add two seats after Alaska and Hawaii became states in 1959, a law passed in 1929 has set up that de facto cap to representation. It has meant that once a decade, states have had to face the prospect of joining a list of...

Home/News from NPR/Stuck At 435 Representatives? Why The U.S. House Hasn’t Grown With Census Counts Stuck At 435 Representatives? Why The U.S. House Hasn’t Grown With Census Counts By Hansi Lo Wang  April 20, 2021 For decades, the size of the U.S. House of Representatives has pitted state against state in a fight for political power after each census. That’s because, for the most part, there is a number that has not changed for more than a century — the 435 seats for the House’s voting members. While the House did temporarily add two seats after Alaska and Hawaii became states in ...

Eric Baradat/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Eric Baradat/AFP via Getty Images House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (right) speaks outside the U.S. Capitol in March with other members of the U.S. House of Representatives, the size of which has stayed at 435 voting members for decades. Eric Baradat/AFP via Getty Images For decades, the size of the U.S. House of Representatives has pitted state against state in a fight for political power after each census. That's because, for the most part, there is a number that has not changed for more than a ce...

For decades, the size of the U.S. House of Representatives has pitted state against state in a fight for political power after each census. That's because, for the most part, there is a number that has not changed for more than a century — the 435 seats for the House's voting members. While the House did temporarily add two seats after Alaska and Hawaii became states in 1959, a law passed in 1929 has set up that de facto cap to representation. It has meant that once a decade, states have had to face the prospect of joining a list of winners and losers after those House seats are reshuffled ...

<p>In 1929, Congress adopted a formula for apportionment based on the Census. While made political disputes a matter of law, it also capped the size of the House, which has not kept up with population growth and contributed to the disproportionate influence of small states in the House and the Electoral College.</p>