Raph Frank wrote:
On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 9:17 PM, Stephen Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
In terms of population then, both houses
of the U.S. Congress give extra influence to small states
like Wyoming, whereas the Senate was created as
it is precisely as a countervailing force to the large
states, in the so-called Great Compromise. Arguably
the House of Reps should not have the same characteristic.
The effect is pretty small though.
In fact, for the current decade, the effect is completely non-existent,
as Webster and H-H produce the same apportionment.
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