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No, the size of the House is fixed at 435 (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reapportionment_Act_of_1929 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reapportionment_Act_of_192
by ianferrel 15y ago
No, the size of the House is fixed at 435 (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reapportionment_Act_of_1929 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reapportionment_Act_of_1929).
The apportionment of the seats to the various states is based on population, but the overall size is not.
- dkokelley 15y agoYou are correct. I should have said "the proportion of Congressional representation is a function of local population densities." I knew that the representative to population ratio had been shrinking, but I didn't know they had since set a fixed limit.