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dc_dux · 04-30-2008, 08:47 PM

Nothing sacred about 435, but it works for me.

And after every census, seats in the House continue to shift.....with rust belt states losing seats (as they lose population) and sun belt states gaining seats.

There are probably better ways than dramatically increasing the size of the body in order to provide for greater accountability to,or interaction with, "the people" they represent.

I would start with something simple like a C-SPAN 4. The House could adopt and enforce rules that each member would be required to appear live for Q&A with constituents at designated times, once a week (or month). Screeners could check incoming call to verifty area code of callers to ensure that its constituents only. If the member of Congress does not show up for his/her alloted time, put a life size dummy in his place for an hour..and it wont happen twice

Technology can bring people together today in ways that the framers or the Congress of 1914 (that set the 435 number) ever envisioned.

edit...am I the only one getting a "white out" in the OP?

04-30-2008, 08:47 PM	#6 (permalink)
dc_dux Location: Washington DC	Nothing sacred about 435, but it works for me. And after every census, seats in the House continue to shift.....with rust belt states losing seats (as they lose population) and sun belt states gaining seats. There are probably better ways than dramatically increasing the size of the body in order to provide for greater accountability to,or interaction with, "the people" they represent. I would start with something simple like a C-SPAN 4. The House could adopt and enforce rules that each member would be required to appear live for Q&A with constituents at designated times, once a week (or month). Screeners could check incoming call to verifty area code of callers to ensure that its constituents only. If the member of Congress does not show up for his/her alloted time, put a life size dummy in his place for an hour..and it wont happen twice Technology can bring people together today in ways that the framers or the Congress of 1914 (that set the 435 number) ever envisioned. edit...am I the only one getting a "white out" in the OP? __________________ "The perfect is the enemy of the good." ~ Voltaire Last edited by dc_dux; 04-30-2008 at 08:53 PM..