HOUSE RESOLUTION: Clean House Amendment 2.0 (Failed)

[Bidenworth2020]

HELL. GODDAMN. NO

we already have an activity problem and, since incumbents are both more likely to get elected as well as be less active, this just makes no sense. The nine person system allows more new people to get elected.

[Bidenworth2020]

I was one of the few that liked Adam's original proposal for the house to be 11 members precisely for that reason, PM, instead of 9, but I doubt we could sustain it that large as we are struggling to get candidates as it is with nine.

you aren't making any arguments for your own bill

[Bidenworth2020]

I was one of the few that liked Adam's original proposal for the house to be 11 members precisely for that reason, PM, instead of 9, but I doubt we could sustain it that large as we are struggling to get candidates as it is with nine.

you aren't making any arguments for your own bill

Doesn't the bold count?

In a perfect world I would want a larger house. A larger house is more representative, more democratic and thus makes the people's house function as should be as the most effective advocate for the people in a bicameralist arrangement. I support the Cube Root Rule in real life for that very reason.

However, we have to operate in reality and considering the number of elections we have had with barely enough candidates and the number of inactive members we are constantly riding dirty with in this chamber clearly we have overstretched the carrying capacity in this biosphere.

no reason to limit ourselves though, more people would be open the larger it is.

[Bidenworth2020]

Nay