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Q1: Aren’t the districts’ populations supposed to grow along with
the general population?
A1: No. Because smaller congressional districts greatly improve constituent monitoring of legislators and enhance legislators’ representation of consti
Read more…George Washington and the other founders did not invent constitutional representation, but constitutional representation did fuel the well-named Spirit of ‘76. Perhaps the most popular slogan during the revolution was “No Taxation Without Representat
To prevent the abuse of power in the House of Representatives, the authors of the Constitution established that representatives would be elected every two years. This established a method of cleansing the House of corrupt and/or incompetent represent
Read more…The completion of the census of 1790 offered Congress its first opportunity to reapportion representation to conform to the population. The Constitution provided that each state should have at least one representative, that the membership of the Hous
Read more…Enlarging the House of Representatives by Bruce BartlettBruce Bartlett Biography The size of the House was one of the most hotly debated issues at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in… |
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The size of the House was one of the most hotly debated issues at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787. The delegates initially proposed a figure of 40,000 people per congressional district. But George Washin
Read more…In Article 1, Section 2, Clause 3, of the Constitution mandates that BOTH taxation and representation shall be determined by the population of each of the states.
In other words, the amount of taxation to be assigned to a given state will be determin
Read more…Before the ink on the Constitution was even dry the founders began to abuse the power that was delegated to them.
George Washington got the ball rolling when he supported the establishment of the National Bank.
John Adams turned his back on the Const
Read more…The House of Representative was created to be the People's House. It was to be governed by the voice of the people. In order for the people to control their Congressional Representatives we need to ratify the First Amendment that was proposed in 178
We need to throw these criminals in jail, including those who would masquerade as public servants. For every two year term they serve in Congress, they should serve another two years in a state prison. Instead of making our money disappear we shou
The Way The House SHOULD Work!
I would like to propose that The House of Representatives meet ONLY online and ONLY during the first ten days of January, April, July, and October. The remaining time of the year would be spent making themselves availab
Read more…According to Article 1 Section 2 Clause 3 every state is supposed to have 2 senators an 1 representative in the House for every 30,000 people. Today we have 435 Congressmen representing 320 million people which equates to approximately 1 representati
According to the First Article of Amendment proposed in 1789, the states would be entitled to one representative for every 30,000 people until there were 200 representatives and from that day forth each state would be entitled to one representativ
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Article 1, Section 2, Clause 3
Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number
Read more…The men who wrote the Constitution wanted to strengthen their union by creating a stronger central government. They established a bicameral legislature with a Senate and a House of Representatives.
Each state was to have two representatives in the Se
Read more…Article 1, Section 2, Clause 3
Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of
Read more…The 435 men and women elected to the House of Representative spent $1,600.000 to get elected in 2016. The money used to fund their elections came from Wall Street billionaires. Those who accept the contributions become obligated to the financial elit
When the government of the united States was first created with the ratification of the Constitution it was established that all legislative power was granted to the people through their Representatives in Congress. The House of Representatives was
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