never understood the magic number of 435 House of Reps. It appears that it got there with a law in 1911 when NM & AZ were becoming states and got capped by law in the late 1920s. Hasn't changed since. I don't know if the size of the House (or the Senate) is a big deal. But when they stopped the Prez at having 2 full terms or up to 10 years when filling out an existing term and then getting elected twice on their own, they should have put in term limits for the legislative branch. 3-4 terms in the House and 2 terms as Senator. Then maybe some of these political fiefdoms may not exist or be as powerful. But because admending the Constitution starts in the legislative branch, that was never going to happen. And we live with the consequences of that chink in the Consitutional armor...
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