Democrat wants to expand House of Representatives by 150 seats to create smaller voting districts
Democrat wants to expand House of Representatives by 150 seats to create smaller voting districts
A House Democrat says there aren't enough House members to represent a growing U.S. population, and is proposing the addition of 150 more lawmakers to the House chamber.
It's been expanded several times in the past, but it hasn't been expanded since 1911. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives#Number_of_Representatives
The country has grown a lot. In 1911 after the last expansion, it was about 200k people per representative. We're now close to 750k per representative. https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2018/05/31/u-s-population-keeps-growing-but-house-of-representatives-is-same-size-as-in-taft-era/
I think expanding the size of congress makes sense for a lot of reasons.