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This 3 page paper provides an overview of the way in which the house of representatives is set up. Controversy surrounding proportionality is discussed. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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in Sharpburg have one?" ("Furious," 2001). It is a fair question, but the answer goes back through time when a great compromise was reached which was that Congress would
be comprised of two sections. One would be the House of Representatives and the other the Senate. Two senators would be appointed from each state. That seemed fair, but
that problem was that larger states would get as much representation as smaller states. Would it be fair if California was represented the same way as Delaware? Hence, it was
decided that The House be comprised of representatives whose number is based upon population. In fact, in studying this subject, it helps to go back to the Founders to see
what they thought. In 1788, James Madison said: "The members of the national House of Representatives are to be chosen by the people at large, in proportion to the numbers
in the respective districts. When we come to the Senate, its members are elected by the states in their equal and political capacity. But had the government been completely consolidated,
the Senate would have been chosen by the people in their individual! capacity, in the same manner as the members of the other house. Thus it is of a complicated
nature; and this complication, I trust, will be found to exclude the evils of absolute consolidation, as well as of a mere confederacy ...." (as qtd. in "In favor," 2003,
p.PG). These are the democratic roots on which the House of Representatives is based. However, is the maintenance of the House of Representatives democratic roots necessary and sufficient to protect
this segment of the American political system from transition? The answer may be no as the system is challenged time and time again. There have been challenges to the
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