Congressional Apportionment Amendment

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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 has not been ratified by the requisite number of state legislatures. As Congress did not set a time limit for its ratification, the Congressional Apportionment Amendment is still pending before the states. As of 2026, it is one of six unratified amendments. Early in the 1st United States Congress, James Madison proposed a package of constitutional amendments designed to address the concerns of Anti-Federalists, who were suspicious of federal power under the new constitution. Congress approved 12 proposed amendments to the Constitution and sent them to the states for ratification. The Congressional Apportionment Amendment is the only one of those that has not been ratified. Ten amendments were ratified by December 1791, and are collectively...

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