[EM] Making a Bad Thing Worse

[Dan Bishop]

Raph Frank wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 9:17 PM, Stephen Turner <smturner0 at yahoo.es> wrote:
>   
>> In terms of population then, both houses
>> of the U.S. Congress give extra influence to small states
>> like Wyoming, whereas the  Senate was created as
>> it is precisely as a countervailing force to the large
>> states, in the so-called Great Compromise.  Arguably
>> the House of Reps should not have the same characteristic.
>>     
>
> The effect is pretty small though.
In fact, for the current decade, the effect is completely non-existent, 
as Webster and H-H produce the same apportionment.