I support increasing the legislature because it changes the economics of lobbying. Right now you can wine-and-dine half dozen representatives and lock in a vote

I support increasing the legislature because it changes the economics of lobbying. Right now you can wine-and-dine half dozen representatives and lock in a vote. In a larger House the lobbyists would have to spend that much more to "buy" the same representation. The flaw is it doesn't mean anything so long as there's a 2-party system. Congress is stuck on part-line voting. Lobbyists only have to gain the favor of party leaders and the rest will follow. But one of the barriers to getting 3rd and 4th party candidates elected is there are too few seats that they can compete for. Both solutions need to be implemented together. An expanded Congress is only useful with a plurality of ideologies. Getting alternative parties into office requires more competitive districts. Doing only one of those wouldn't be enough to significantly change the makeup of Congress.