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Intro -- THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: APPORTIONMENT AND REDISTRICTING -- THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: APPORTIONMENT AND REDISTRICTING -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES APPORTIONMENT FORMULA IN THEORY AND PRACTICE* -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- CONSTITUTIONAL AND STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS -- THE APPORTIONMENT FORMULA -- The Formula in Theory -- The Formula in Practice: Deriving the Apportionment from a Table of "Priority Values" -- CHALLENGES TO THE CURRENT FORMULA -- EQUAL PROPORTIONS OR MAJOR FRACTIONS: AN ANALYSIS -- The Case for Major Fractions -- The Case for Equal Proportions, the Current Method -- APPENDIX. 2010 PRIORITY LIST FOR APPORTIONING SEATS TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES -- End Notes -- Chapter 2 HOUSE APPORTIONMENT 2010: STATES GAINING, LOSING, AND ON THE MARGIN* -- SUMMARY -- BACKGROUND -- TABLES -- PRIORITY LISTS AND SEAT ASSIGNMENTS -- OPTIONS FOR STATES LOSING SEATS -- THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS -- End Notes -- Chapter 3 APPORTIONMENT POPULATION AND NUMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES BY STATE: 2010 CENSUS* -- Chapter 4 APPORTIONMENT OF THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES BASED ON THE 2010 CENSUS* -- Chapter 5 OVERSEAS POPULATION OF THE 50 STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: 2010 CENSUS* -- Chapter 6 CHANGE IN NUMBER OF STATES IN THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, BY STATE, ORDERED BY SEATS GAINED AND LOST: 1940 TO 2010* -- Chapter 7 CHANGE IN NUMBER OF SEATS IN THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, BY REGION: 1940-2010* -- Chapter 8 THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES APPORTIONMENT FORMULA: AN ANALYSIS OF PROPOSALS FOR CHANGE AND THEIR IMPACT ON STATES* -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- BACKGROUND -- APPORTIONMENT METHODS DEFINED -- Hamilton-Vinton: Ranking Fractional Remainders -- Rounding Methods -- Webster: Rounding at the Midpoint (.5) -- Hill: Rounding at the Geometric Mean

"A history of the U.S. House of Representatives and its accomplishments from 1789 to 2007."--From source other than the Library of Congress

Ethics Reform Task Force109th Congress Changes; 110th Congress Changes; 113th Congress Changes; Office of Congressional Ethics; APPENDIX. MEMBERSHIP ON THE COMMITTEE ON ETHICS, 1967-2013; End Notes; Chapter 2: HOUSE OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL ETHICS: HISTORY, AUTHORITY, AND PROCEDURES; SUMMARY; INTRODUCTION; PREVIOUS LEGISLATIVE ATTEMPTS FOR OUTSIDE OR INDEPENDENT ENFORCEMENT OF CONGRESSIONAL RULES OF CONDUCT; Congress-Wide Proposals; House Proposals; SPECIAL TASK FORCE ON ETHICS ENFORCEMENT; Hearing; Final Report; H. Res. 895; OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL ETHICS; Structure; Powers.