Yeah several of the ideas that they’ve been suggesting have zero chance of going anywhere, often because they actually require constitutional amendments.
The Permanent Apportionment Act was passed by a simple majority. It can be removed with the same.
The House is sized for the population in 1910. It created a defacto second Senate, and essentially allowed gerrymandering to become an effective political tool. That Congressional screwup needs to be fixed, and it can easily. But that requires members of Congress to give up some of their individual power.
Yeah several of the ideas that they’ve been suggesting have zero chance of going anywhere, often because they actually require constitutional amendments.
The Permanent Apportionment Act was passed by a simple majority. It can be removed with the same.
The House is sized for the population in 1910. It created a defacto second Senate, and essentially allowed gerrymandering to become an effective political tool. That Congressional screwup needs to be fixed, and it can easily. But that requires members of Congress to give up some of their individual power.