For more than a century, the size of the House of Representatives has been frozen at 435 seats; in that same period, the US population has tripled. This means that today, the average representative is responsible for more than 750,000 constituents. Scholars and politicians say this imbalance is why many Americans feel like Congress is disconnected from them.  So what if we…added more seats? That’s what Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL) is proposing in a new bill, because he believes it’s closer to what the country’s founders originally envisioned. While expanding Congress could make our ratio...

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