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minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up32·23 hours ago1,000 members? The original plan was for 1 house member for every 30,000 people, eventually changing to 1 in 50,000: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Apportionment_Amendment Doing that now, on a population of 330,000,000 would give us between 6,600 and 11,000 congress critters.
1,000 members? The original plan was for 1 house member for every 30,000 people, eventually changing to 1 in 50,000:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Apportionment_Amendment
Doing that now, on a population of 330,000,000 would give us between 6,600 and 11,000 congress critters.