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Constitutional Convention Commission (Committee Hearings, Testimony)
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matter of size. Our Committee has given it a good deal

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of attention and, as you know, the size varies through-

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out the country from bodies well over 400, in some cases,

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to some bodies that are rather small, 50, 75. Would you

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want to comment on what you would consider to be an

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ideal size under either circumstance, unicameral or

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bicameral? If you move to that question now, we will

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come back to the other later.

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DELEGATE HANDEL: I don't think the size of

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the Senate is unwieldy, as it is right now. I think --

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SENATOR JAMES: You mean 29 or 43?

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DELEGATE HANDEL: The 43 will be. I don't

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think this is particularly unwieldy, but I think the 142-

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member House is a little too big.

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THE CHAIRMAN: What would you suggest as to —

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DELEGATE HANDEL: I think if you had 100

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members of the House and 43 senators, or even 50 senators

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I wouldn't think that this v;ould be out of line, but I

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think that the 100-man House would certainly serve --

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SENATOR JAMES: Senator Hughes wants to know

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if you will go for 53?



 

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