House of Representatives

Facts:

In 1789, the House only had 65 members. This increased as population increased.

In 1911, there was a decision made to keep the members at 435.

The average Representative has a district with 640,000 citizens.

The minority is not represented as much as their population is.

If the number of House members increases, each loses power.

Questions:

How do the current congressmen feel about raising the number?

Will the number be raised in the future?

Would this just make the House less productive, due to more point of views?

Would this add millions of dollars to bills, because each member adds on "pork"?

How would this affect elections and districting?

I do not think the House should increase is side. This would decrease the power of each person in the House. Also, this would increase the disfunction in the House because more people want to state their ideas and opinions, which is good, but it would slow the process even more.