Posted by
Yubaduck on Wednesday, October 15, 2008 12:48:39 PM
Walt Williams wrote an article that explores the idea of the the Founders intent in the bicameral legislature. The intent was for the House to be a place where the people were close to their representative. He points to Federalist Papers #56 as his evidence for this, and shows that the idea was abandoned in 1929 when Congress limited the number arbitrarily at 435. I say we abolish this congressional mandate, and make the House as it was intended to be. I already discussed this last February. Here is that link as well as the link to Williams' article: