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Allen W. McDonnell
Nov 13, 2012, 8:52:51 PM11/13/12
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> I just surfed through some of the earlier threads
> on Puerto Rico in shwi, and I wanted a point that
> I found in some past threads clarified. What happens
> to the U.S. House of Representatives? Do they get
> six more added or do they take six away from
> somewhere else? If six are deleted from elsewhere
> how does this happen and when? Who decides how
> to redraw the boundaries?
In 1911 Congress capped the number at 435 voting members of the House of
Representatives, to increase the number either temporarily until the next
census or permanently they would need to simply pass a new law with the new
number and specify if the change is temporary or permanent. See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apportionment_Act_of_1911
The subsequent act of 1941 made redistricting and reapportionment automatic
after each census instead of requiring a new law each decade. Presumably
when Congress admits Puerto Rico they will have to give them representation
commensurate with their population, else they will be in violation of the
equal representation standard for the House. Personally I think they should
just add the seats to the house chamber, it has been frozen at 435 for a
hundred years now and the population of the country has quadrupled in that
time so each of us only has one quarter as much influence on our
representatives as our ancestors had.
--
~Always appeal to a man's enlightened self interest, you can trust him to
look out for himself honestly.
It is when you appeal to his Honor or the Common Good that he stops paying
attention. ~
hielan' laddie
Nov 14, 2012, 10:28:06 AM11/14/12
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On Tue, 13 Nov 2012 20:52:51 -0500, Allen W. McDonnell wrote
(in article <k7uth7$lb9$1...@dont-email.me>):
>
>> I just surfed through some of the earlier threads
>> on Puerto Rico in shwi, and I wanted a point that
>> I found in some past threads clarified. What happens
>> to the U.S. House of Representatives? Do they get
>> six more added or do they take six away from
>> somewhere else? If six are deleted from elsewhere
>> how does this happen and when? Who decides how
>> to redraw the boundaries?
>
> In 1911 Congress capped the number at 435 voting members of the House of
> Representatives, to increase the number either temporarily until the next
> census or permanently they would need to simply pass a new law with the new
> number and specify if the change is temporary or permanent. See
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apportionment_Act_of_1911
>
> The subsequent act of 1941 made redistricting and reapportionment automatic
> after each census instead of requiring a new law each decade. Presumably
> when Congress admits Puerto Rico they will have to give them representation
> commensurate with their population, else they will be in violation of the
> equal representation standard for the House. Personally I think they should
> just add the seats to the house chamber, it has been frozen at 435 for a
> hundred years now and the population of the country has quadrupled in that
> time so each of us only has one quarter as much influence on our
> representatives as our ancestors had.
>
>
One quarter of zero is still zero.
(in article <k7uth7$lb9$1...@dont-email.me>):
>
>> I just surfed through some of the earlier threads
>> on Puerto Rico in shwi, and I wanted a point that
>> I found in some past threads clarified. What happens
>> to the U.S. House of Representatives? Do they get
>> six more added or do they take six away from
>> somewhere else? If six are deleted from elsewhere
>> how does this happen and when? Who decides how
>> to redraw the boundaries?
>
> In 1911 Congress capped the number at 435 voting members of the House of
> Representatives, to increase the number either temporarily until the next
> census or permanently they would need to simply pass a new law with the new
> number and specify if the change is temporary or permanent. See
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apportionment_Act_of_1911
>
> The subsequent act of 1941 made redistricting and reapportionment automatic
> after each census instead of requiring a new law each decade. Presumably
> when Congress admits Puerto Rico they will have to give them representation
> commensurate with their population, else they will be in violation of the
> equal representation standard for the House. Personally I think they should
> just add the seats to the house chamber, it has been frozen at 435 for a
> hundred years now and the population of the country has quadrupled in that
> time so each of us only has one quarter as much influence on our
> representatives as our ancestors had.
>
>
Allen W. McDonnell
Nov 16, 2012, 4:05:13 PM11/16/12
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>> In 1911 Congress capped the number at 435 voting members of the House of
>> Representatives, to increase the number either temporarily until the next
>> census or permanently they would need to simply pass a new law with the
>> new
>> number and specify if the change is temporary or permanent. See
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apportionment_Act_of_1911
>>
>> The subsequent act of 1941 made redistricting and reapportionment
>> automatic
>> after each census instead of requiring a new law each decade. Presumably
>> when Congress admits Puerto Rico they will have to give them
>> representation
>> commensurate with their population, else they will be in violation of the
>> equal representation standard for the House. Personally I think they
>> should
>> just add the seats to the house chamber, it has been frozen at 435 for a
>> hundred years now and the population of the country has quadrupled in
>> that
>> time so each of us only has one quarter as much influence on our
>> representatives as our ancestors had.
>>
>>
>
> One quarter of zero is still zero.
LOL! And people accuse ME of being cynical.
>> Representatives, to increase the number either temporarily until the next
>> census or permanently they would need to simply pass a new law with the
>> new
>> number and specify if the change is temporary or permanent. See
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apportionment_Act_of_1911
>>
>> The subsequent act of 1941 made redistricting and reapportionment
>> automatic
>> after each census instead of requiring a new law each decade. Presumably
>> when Congress admits Puerto Rico they will have to give them
>> representation
>> commensurate with their population, else they will be in violation of the
>> equal representation standard for the House. Personally I think they
>> should
>> just add the seats to the house chamber, it has been frozen at 435 for a
>> hundred years now and the population of the country has quadrupled in
>> that
>> time so each of us only has one quarter as much influence on our
>> representatives as our ancestors had.
>>
>>
>
> One quarter of zero is still zero.
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