Ramesh: Agreed on the Utah point. And another reason why the bill is a problem–it creates a single seat for DC forever, no matter what DC’s population. Right now, DC’s population is a little less than that of a typical House district. It could expand dramatically or shrink considerably, and still DC would have a one representative. No more, no less.

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John J. Miller, a former national correspondent for National Review, is the director of the Dow Journalism Program at Hillsdale College. He is the author of A Gift of Freedom: How the John M. Olin Foundation Changed America.
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