Report: Where Will They All Sit?
The House of Representatives consists of 435 voting members, yet the number 435 never appears in the Constitution. Historically, as the nation’s population grew, so too did the House membership. But over the years, the American tradition of increasing the size of the people’s House has fallen into obscurity.
Protect Democracy and POPVOX Foundation set out to answer a simple and important question: If we revitalize the American tradition of expanding the House of Representatives, where would the new members sit, and what physical changes to the Capitol Campus would be necessary?
We worked with a design firm to render what the Capitol Campus of tomorrow could look like—a hopeful and realistic vision of the future that is rooted in tradition. Those taking up the mantle of modernizing the House can use these architectural renderings to think beyond minor adjustments to rooms and the House floor to more ambitious improvements to the space.
Read the full report here. The report was also featured in Roll Call.
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