• givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It’s capped because they ran out of seats in the chamber…

    My point is that there’s finate space. And they won’t add more.

    Which is why the vast majority of house reps have their offices in an adjoining building.

    Why do you think there’s just a bunch of empty offices no one are using in the Capitol Building?

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      1 year ago

      Can you point out where you’re seeing the cap based on space? I read your article and it looks like it was capped due to the 1929 Permanent Apportionment Act.

      In fact, until the House was capped at 435 seats2 by the 1929 Permanent Apportionment Act, each apportionment period was regularly accompanied by clashes over how to best divvy up political power in Congress — including the size of the House.

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      1 year ago

      It’s capped because they ran out of seats in the chamber…

      No, it’s not.

      Why don’t you just read the fucking article that you posted? You might learn something.