Making the House More Representative Without honest reapportionment that reflected the growing population, the ratio of constituents to members exploded. In 1910, the average member of the House ...

Three issues—length of terms, equal versus proportional representation of states, and method of selection—dominated the Constitutional Convention’s debate over the makeup of the House of ...

A 1913 postcard shows the U.S. House of Representatives in the year its membership was fixed by law at 435. vintagehalloweencollector via Flickr, CC BY-ND ...

The result is a House of Representatives that now serves only to either block or—in the case of “must pass” legislation—rubber-stamp Senate bills on major issues.

Almost a century ago, a law was passed that set up a once-a-decade fight for representation in Congress and the Electoral College after each census. It's meant that one state's win is another's loss.

Bringing Down The House of Reps. This article is from the archive of The New York Sun before the launch of its new website in 2022. The Sun has neither altered nor updated such articles but will seek ...

As of Monday evening, at least two House Republicans – Reps. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y. and Carlos Gimenez, R-Fla. – have said they are committed to voting for ex-Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif ...

To meet the president’s Friday deadline, the speaker will have to corral his party into accepting a bill several have ...

With many provisions of the 2017 tax cuts set to expire at the end of next year, the still-unknown makeup of the House could go a long way toward determining what a deal looks like.

Biden and McCarthy will have to find compromise come January, when the GOP takes control of the House of Representatives and the Bakersfield Republican is expected to secure the Speaker’s gavel ...