# Would increasing the number of Representatives in the House change anything?

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**Created:** [July 27, 2011, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-increasing-the-number-of-representatives-in-the-house-change-anything/590550 "2011-07-27T22:44:51Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 28, 2011, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-increasing-the-number-of-representatives-in-the-house-change-anything/590550/21 "2011-07-28T16:40:06Z")

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> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#):
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> There’s no point changing it unless you get the satisfaction of the occasional congressional brawl, such as happens in Taiwan and South Korea.

It would require only a slight alteration in the rules, to redefine “floor vote” as “naked mud-pit melee” . . .

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**Post date:** [July 28, 2011, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-increasing-the-number-of-representatives-in-the-house-change-anything/590550/22 "2011-07-28T20:24:20Z")

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> It would require only a slight alteration in the rules, to redefine “floor vote” as “naked mud-pit melee” . . .

I’m hoping you’d pair that with a change to the qualifications for office…

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