Will Other States Lose Representatives if Puerto Rico Becomes a State?

[Free Palestine]

The House is set at 435 members, and as I calculate it, Puerto Rico would have about six representatives in the House.  Would the House be increased in size to 441, with the Reapportionment Act of 1929 being repealed, or would the House be maintained at it's current size, with other states losing representatives in order to "fill in" for Puerto Rico?

[Free Palestine]

Anybody else think that's sort of messed up?

[Free Palestine]

It is what it is.  I'd like a bigger house, but that's not going to happen, and I fail to see why the admission of Puerto Rico would be a good reason to do it.

All they'd have to do is repeal the Reapportionment Act of 1929, but the ignorance of the governed ensures that that would never happen.  The reason why the admission of Puerto Rico would be a good reason for it, is because it's highly unfair to take away representatives from other states, just because a new state is added to the Union.

[Free Palestine]

It is what it is.  I'd like a bigger house, but that's not going to happen, and I fail to see why the admission of Puerto Rico would be a good reason to do it.

All they'd have to do is repeal the Reapportionment Act of 1929, but the ignorance of the governed ensures that that would never happen.

Apathy might be a better word than ignorance.  I have a feeling that even if you told the public that, they'd just say, "You want more sleazy Congressmen living off our tax dollars?"

Because the American people hate Congress as an institution. 

Well, that reaction would come primarily from ignorance.  A lot of people don't realize that Congressional pay is tiny compared to the rest of the federal budget, or that a larger House will make Congress a bit more accountable to the people.