Rep. Blumenauer (D) introduces bill to expand size of the House

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Now expand the Senate to 150. One seat elected every two years in every state. "Senate classes" now refer only to year of election, not state.


I have absolutely no partisan motive for this, no of course not, none at all

I think that adding 50 senators would be a good compromise to get folks from smaller states to support this. I think it would also be nice to get rid of the senate classes like you say. A party’s chances shouldn’t be dependent on which states are up for election.