They are powerful in part because there are so few of them that the lobbyists can bear hug them. Let the House of Reps again grow with population and there woul

They are powerful in part because there are so few of them that the lobbyists can bear hug them. Let the House of Reps again grow with population and there would be too many Reps for lobbyists to control so each individual Rep would have less influence. We have a census to grow the numbers in the House, but they passed a law to stop that. "The Number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty Thousand..." "Representation based on population in the House was one of the most important components of the Federal Constitutional Convention of 1787." https://history.house.gov/Institution/Origins-Development/Proportional-Representation/ https://history.house.gov/Institution/Origins-Development/Pr...