Legislation?

435 representatives, never changed since 1929

reps have 2 year terms

reps only represent districts

District → ward → precincts

Number of reps per state change every census

Gerrymandering - drawing congressional districts to the political party that controls the state legislature

Congress just tells how many each state has

Baker v Carr : every voter has constitutional right to have their vote counted fairly

US Senate

100 members

2 senators per state

elected by people

represent the entire state