In Reapportionment, Texas, Florida Gain Congressional Seats

Since 1929 there have been just 435 congressional seats in the House of Representatives. How did we get to 435 when the first congress had 65 seats and every 10 years a census and more seats were created? Article 1 Section 2 The number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every Thirty thousand. That means a congresional district is to be 30,000 constituents. The average congressional district is about 700,000. James Madison wrote in the Federalist papers that a congressional district is to be 30,000. James Wilson signer of the Declaration, and later ratified the US Constitution said in 1787 "within a single century we will have a House of Representatives consisting of more than six hundred members." So why do we still have 435 in 2011? No one gains or loses a seat. Both parties don't really hate each other. They love power and the shuffle each other around so that they get re-elected, and perhaps the "good" ones get gerrymandered out of their districts, because they no longer become a team player. I would hope US News would do a story on that. Since, I've read nearly every founding paper written by Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Lincoln etc they all say 30,000 is what a congressional district is required. Why do they tell us in college and other media forms that we don't need any more representation, when we are all here because of the founders sacrifice shouldn't we owe them a government what they had envisoned a true representative government?

Liquidsnake of CA 2:28PM January 16, 2011