There's an easy solution. Constitutional amendments written before the 1960s (more or less) had no expiration dates... they can be ratified centuries later. And

There's an easy solution. Constitutional amendments written before the 1960s (more or less) had no expiration dates... they can be ratified centuries later. And have been. It just so happens that there is an outstanding constitutional amendment, which was ratified by 11 or 12 states... it's already partially there. And if someone were to finish ratifying it, it would add almost 6000 extra representatives to the House (after the next census). For one, this means that they'd need to figure out something other than the Capitol building, which can't seat that many. The probable result is multiple buildings, which can be outside of DC, and teleconferencing. For two, this is far too great of a number for the lobbyists to be able to effectively bribe. Even now, they struggle (and sometimes lose) when attempting to push legislation their way. Raising the number of legislators they have to canoodle by x16 will strain both budgets and expertise. For three, it probably also breaks the stranglehold the two parties have on Congress for at least the next 20 or 30 years. Their party mechanisms aren't large or sophisticated enough for this. They already have trouble sometimes fielding candidates in every race. And Congress can't cockblock this. It's completely out of their hands. If someone were to convince their state legislature to ratify this, it would be newsworthy and catch the attention of other states many of which would follow suit. If a Wyoming or an Iowa or New Mexico were to give it any attention at all, I think it would inevitably become ratified.