{"id":5601,"date":"2023-10-14T04:53:28","date_gmt":"2023-10-14T09:53:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.representationamendment.com\/?page_id=5601"},"modified":"2025-11-18T06:37:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T12:37:43","slug":"can-congress-by-fixed","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.representationamendment.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Congress Be Fixed?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"5601\" class=\"elementor elementor-5601\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3b03db8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3b03db8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6a2d116\" data-id=\"6a2d116\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-3b22f66 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3b22f66\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6c13e61 elementor-hidden-mobile\" data-id=\"6c13e61\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6141687\" data-id=\"6141687\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b60fb26 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b60fb26\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Can Congress Be Fixed?<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7cec4b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7cec4b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Don't Blame The People We Elect<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1d876f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c1d876f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Congress has just one job\u2014representing you\u2014and it\u2019s failing miserably. Enough members of Congress have come and gone we cannot blame the people we elect. No, what\u2019s broken is Congress itself. Congress seems designed to represent everybody except the voter.<\/p><p>Can Congress be fixed? Yes! The Representation Amendment solves the deepest failures of Congress and you\u2019re the winner for it.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e27ca6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"2e27ca6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-6170b7e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6170b7e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-58a6901\" data-id=\"58a6901\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-241e2e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"241e2e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4ghSN8w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"655\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.representationamendment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/The-Representation-Amendment-1200x1875-1-655x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3458\" alt=\"Front cover image of the book,The Representation Amendment, available on Amazon today.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.representationamendment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/The-Representation-Amendment-1200x1875-1-655x1024.jpg 655w, https:\/\/www.representationamendment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/The-Representation-Amendment-1200x1875-1-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/www.representationamendment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/The-Representation-Amendment-1200x1875-1-768x1200.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.representationamendment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/The-Representation-Amendment-1200x1875-1-983x1536.jpg 983w, https:\/\/www.representationamendment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/The-Representation-Amendment-1200x1875-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 655px) 100vw, 655px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-9ba80a8\" data-id=\"9ba80a8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97aee05 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"97aee05\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Congress Works Exactly As It Was Designed<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-488cf93 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"488cf93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">So Change Congress<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6dbd88c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6dbd88c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Congress has a design flaw.<\/p><p>Congress represents the people Congress is designed to represent, and that ain\u2019t you.<\/p><p>But you have the power to set this right. 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Why? Because the House of Representatives is fixed at 435 seats no matter what the population. Let&#8217;s fix the number of people in a House district to 30,000 and adjust the number of House seats as the population grows.<\/p><p>On a map, draw a circle big enough to include the 30,000 people living around your house. That could be your House district. Somebody living in that circle will speak for you in Congress. You will be heard.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d34621d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d34621d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">And The People Already There Are The Wrong Ones<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9172389 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9172389\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Your state has an economy, population, and\/or land mass greater than most nations. But your state has no say in writing the laws by which it must abide. That\u2019s regulation without representation. And that\u2019s just wrong.<\/p><p>Your state needs ambassadors to represent its interests\u2014which are really your interests as a resident of your state\u2014in Congress.<\/p><p>The Representation Amendment gives you a strong voice in the House of Representatives as an individual. This frees up the Senate to represent you as a resident of your state. Let&#8217;s give states the representation they deserve by allowing them to appoint two ambassadors to the Senate.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10663b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"10663b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">More Representation Solves Many Problems<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67d268e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"67d268e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Representation Amendment remakes Congress into the representative body the Founders intended it to be.<\/p><p>You\u2019ll learn what the Representation Amendment is, how it works, and how it makes other improvements possible in the book, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4ghSN8w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wplink-edit=\"true\"><em>The Representation Amendment (Because we don\u2019t have enough people in Congress and the people already there are the wrong ones)<\/em><\/a> <span style=\"font-size: .7em; color: gray;\">[affiliate link]<\/span>.<\/p><p>What sort of improvements go well with the Representation Amendment? Your representative should occupy an office in your congressional district permanently. You can visit your representative in person any time, and it\u2019s the lobbyists who have to travel to meet face-to-face.<\/p><p>Here\u2019s another improvement proposed in the book. The current system for crafting legislation in the House of Representatives encourages adding wasteful spending and makes reducing spending difficult, if not outright impossible. The recommended voting process in the Representation Amendment version of the House of Representatives makes adding wasteful spending difficult while removing unnecessary spending is easy.<\/p><p><strong>It\u2019s not the people we elect; it\u2019s the system we elect them into that has failed us.<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4ghSN8w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the book<\/a> <span style=\"font-size: .7em; color: gray;\">[affiliate link]<\/span>, and you\u2019ll see how to squeeze the most representation from Congress.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ae8588 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"5ae8588\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-965a5b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"965a5b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Keep Reading About The Representation Amendment<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b57248a elementor-grid-3 elementor-grid-tablet-2 elementor-grid-mobile-1 elementor-posts--thumbnail-top elementor-card-shadow-yes elementor-posts__hover-gradient elementor-widget elementor-widget-posts\" data-id=\"b57248a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;pagination_type&quot;:&quot;prev_next&quot;,&quot;cards_columns&quot;:&quot;3&quot;,&quot;cards_columns_tablet&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;cards_columns_mobile&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;cards_row_gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:35,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;cards_row_gap_widescreen&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;cards_row_gap_laptop&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;cards_row_gap_tablet_extra&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;cards_row_gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;cards_row_gap_mobile_extra&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;cards_row_gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"posts.cards\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-posts-container elementor-posts elementor-posts--skin-cards elementor-grid\" role=\"list\">\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-3632 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-congress\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.representationamendment.com\/index.php\/lie-to-get-elected-still-possible\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" ><div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" src=\"https:\/\/www.representationamendment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Politician-holding-shovel-in-barn-next-to-bull-Edited-1568x0896-1-300x171.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-3635\" alt=\"Politician in a barn, holding a shovel, standing next to a bull, smiling.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.representationamendment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Politician-holding-shovel-in-barn-next-to-bull-Edited-1568x0896-1-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.representationamendment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Politician-holding-shovel-in-barn-next-to-bull-Edited-1568x0896-1-1024x585.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.representationamendment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Politician-holding-shovel-in-barn-next-to-bull-Edited-1568x0896-1-768x439.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.representationamendment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Politician-holding-shovel-in-barn-next-to-bull-Edited-1568x0896-1-1536x878.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.representationamendment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Politician-holding-shovel-in-barn-next-to-bull-Edited-1568x0896-1.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.representationamendment.com\/index.php\/lie-to-get-elected-still-possible\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tLie to Get Elected? Still Possible!\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-2988 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-house-of-representatives category-taxes\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.representationamendment.com\/index.php\/find-your-tax-code-soul-mate\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" ><div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"174\" src=\"https:\/\/www.representationamendment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Form-1040-501x291-1-300x174.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-2991\" alt=\"IRS Form 1040\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.representationamendment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Form-1040-501x291-1-300x174.png 300w, https:\/\/www.representationamendment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Form-1040-501x291-1.png 501w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.representationamendment.com\/index.php\/find-your-tax-code-soul-mate\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tFind Your Tax Code Soul Mate\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-1522 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-house-of-representatives category-unrepresented tag-house-of-representatives tag-legislation tag-representation\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.representationamendment.com\/index.php\/binary-choices-on-a-spectrum-of-positions\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" ><div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" src=\"https:\/\/www.representationamendment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Binary-Choices-Wide-300x173.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-2981\" alt=\"Two people arguing over two items on a spectrum of options\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.representationamendment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Binary-Choices-Wide-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.representationamendment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Binary-Choices-Wide.jpg 389w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.representationamendment.com\/index.php\/binary-choices-on-a-spectrum-of-positions\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tBinary Choices on a Spectrum of Positions\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-1721 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-congress category-districts category-house-of-representatives tag-election\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.representationamendment.com\/index.php\/is-gerrymandering-impossible-with-the-representation-amendment\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" ><div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.representationamendment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Salamander-0812x0541-1-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-2137\" alt=\"Black salamander with yellow spots\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.representationamendment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Salamander-0812x0541-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.representationamendment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Salamander-0812x0541-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.representationamendment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Salamander-0812x0541-1.jpg 812w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.representationamendment.com\/index.php\/is-gerrymandering-impossible-with-the-representation-amendment\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tIs Gerrymandering Impossible with the Representation Amendment?\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-810 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-congress category-corruption tag-congress tag-investing tag-stocks tag-trading\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<a 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>\n\t\t\t\tIs Insider Trading Just a Perk of Being in Congress?\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-772 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-congress category-districts category-senate tag-17th tag-amendment tag-congress tag-constitution tag-democracy tag-representation tag-senate\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.representationamendment.com\/index.php\/state-representation-pure-democracy-or-maybe-both\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" ><div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.representationamendment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Two-Donuts-0600x0400-1-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-2151\" alt=\"Two Donuts, Different 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