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Still, there remained bipartisan agreement that the District of Columbia – which in 1970 had more residents than 10 individual states [a] — deserved at least some representation in the U.S. Congress. Federal legislation to recreate a congressional delegate position for D.C. was first seriously debated by Congress in 1970.
The Congressional Apportionment Amendment (originally titled Article the First) is a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution that addresses the number of seats in the House of Representatives. It was proposed by Congress on September 25, 1789, but was never ratified by the requisite number of state legislatures.
The 95th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. , from January 3, 1977, to January 3, 1979, during the final weeks of Gerald Ford 's presidency and the first two years ...
The 116th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives. It convened in Washington, D.C. , on January 3, 2019, and ended on January 3, 2021, during the final two years of Donald Trump's first presidency .
The 1790–91 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between April 27, 1790, and October 11, 1791. Each state set its own date for its elections to the House of Representatives before or after the first session of the 2nd United States Congress convened on October 24, 1791.
The 2024 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 5, 2024, as part of the 2024 United States elections, to elect the 441 members of the House of Representatives - representatives from all 435 congressional districts across each of the 50 U.S. states, as well as 6 non-voting delegates from the District of Columbia and the inhabited U.S. territories to the United ...
The 18th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. , from March 4, 1823, to March 4, 1825, during the seventh and eighth years of James Monroe 's presidency .
The 100th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. , from January 3, 1987, to January 3, 1989, during the last two years of Ronald Reagan's presidency .