Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130301:09:48:00
>> every state has two u.s. senators. but in terms of house members per state, that depends on population. every 600,000 or 700,000 americans get a member of the house to represent them. small population states like wyoming and vermont get the minimum one member of the house, whereas the biggest population state, california, has 53 representatives in the house. all in all, your average congressional district has 600,000 or 700,000 people. and that is roughly the number of people in the district in illinois that's going to hold the first congressional election since the presidential election. o...
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