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<blockquote data-quote="texan" data-source="post: 923125" data-attributes="member: 38206"><p><strong>Interesting fact of the state of New Hampshire:</strong></p><p>The legislature is called the General Court. It consists of the House of Representatives (400 members) and the Senate (24 members).</p><p><strong><span style="color: #FF0000">The General Court is the third-largest legislature in the English speaking world, behind only the British Parliament and the United States Congress, </span></strong>respectively; and the New Hampshire House of Representatives is the fourth-largest individual chamber (exceeded in number by the United States House of Representatives, the British House of Commons and the British House of Lords).[SUP]<span style="font-size: 10px">[9]</span>[/SUP] The legislature at one time grew to 443 members due to population growth, but a 1942 constitutional amendment set its size at from 375 through 400 members.[SUP]<span style="font-size: 10px">[10]</span>[/SUP] There is one Representative for about every 3,300 residents.[SUP]<span style="font-size: 10px">[11]</span>[/SUP] In order for the U.S. Congress to have the same representation, there would need to be approximately 93,000 Representatives.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_New_Hampshire" target="_blank">Government of New Hampshire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="texan, post: 923125, member: 38206"] [B]Interesting fact of the state of New Hampshire:[/B] The legislature is called the General Court. It consists of the House of Representatives (400 members) and the Senate (24 members). [B][COLOR=#FF0000]The General Court is the third-largest legislature in the English speaking world, behind only the British Parliament and the United States Congress, [/COLOR][/B]respectively; and the New Hampshire House of Representatives is the fourth-largest individual chamber (exceeded in number by the United States House of Representatives, the British House of Commons and the British House of Lords).[SUP][SIZE=2][9][/SIZE][/SUP] The legislature at one time grew to 443 members due to population growth, but a 1942 constitutional amendment set its size at from 375 through 400 members.[SUP][SIZE=2][10][/SIZE][/SUP] There is one Representative for about every 3,300 residents.[SUP][SIZE=2][11][/SIZE][/SUP] In order for the U.S. Congress to have the same representation, there would need to be approximately 93,000 Representatives. [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_New_Hampshire']Government of New Hampshire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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