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A very interesting concept, Graham, but also very, very difficult to maintain. Especially in Countries as large (in territory) as ours. In 1913 the House of Representatives was limited to 435 seats, but at the same time the Constitution guarantees 1 seat to every State regardless of population. so we end up with a State like mine, California where each Congress person represents ~ 755 thousand residents Where Wyoming's representative represents 584 thousand. A conundrom

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