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Originally Posted by dc_dux
I think you would probably agree that a change in the size of the House is not likely to occur through legislation or a Constitutional amendment proposed in Congress but would require an Article V Constitutional Convention....
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You are entirely correct!
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Originally Posted by dc_dux
So.....how would you word your proposed amendment?
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The amendment that I favor was drafted by the first congress in 1789. Their formulation set a maximum district size of 50,000. The Senate's counterproposal was to set the district size equal to 60,000. It then went to a joint committee (in the haste of a closing Congress) at which time a mathematical defect was inexplicably inserted into the amendment; that version became the first amendment inscribed on our
Bill of Rights.
To read how it was proposed by the House in 1789, read the left hand side of the table at:
http://www.thirty-thousand.org/pages...analysis.htm#b
If this subject interests you, a comprehensive report (PDF) is available from this page:
http://www.thirty-thousand.org/pages/QHA-04.htm