• chaogomu@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      It actually is thanks to the permanent apportionment act of 1929.

      The size of Congress needs to increase with the increase in population. But it’s been fixed at 435 for over 100 years even as the population has more than tripled and we’ve added two states.