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Eric Baradat/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Eric Baradat/AFP via Getty Images House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (right) speaks outside the U.S. Capitol in March with other members of the U.S. House of Representatives, the size of which has stayed at 435 voting members for decades. Eric Baradat/AFP via Getty Images For decades, the size of the U.S. House of Representatives has pitted state against state in a fight for political power after each census. That s because, for the most part, there is a number that has not changed for more than a century the 435 seats for the House s voting members. ....
For decades, the size of the U.S. House of Representatives has pitted state against state in a fight for political power after each census. That s because, for the most part, there is a number that has not changed for more than a century the 435 seats for the House s voting members. While the House did temporarily add two seats after Alaska and Hawaii became states in 1959, a law passed in 1929 has set up that de facto cap to representation. It has meant that once a decade, states have had to face the prospect of joining a list of winners and losers after those House seats are reshuffled based on how the states latest census population counts rank. How those seats are reassigned also plays a key role in presidential elections. Each state s share of Electoral College votes is determined by adding its number of House seats to its two Senate seats. ....
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