Why has the House of Representatives grown so much faster than the Senate? Representation is based on population, and the US has grown steadily. The number of senators allowed per state has been routinely reduced. Fewer and fewer representatives have been re-elected to additional terms. The Constitution requires the number of representatives to increase each decade.

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28 July, 13:26

Why has the House of Representatives grown so much faster than the Senate? Representation is based on population, and the US has grown steadily. The number of senators allowed per state has been routinely reduced. Fewer and fewer representatives have been re-elected to additional terms. The Constitution requires the number of representatives to increase each decade.

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Representation is based on population, and the US has grown steadily.

Unlike the case of the senate whereby the number of senators per state is fixed, representation in the House of Representatives is based on the population of the state, which has increased over time