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Can only the President alter the size of the House of Representatives?
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An act of Congress, signed by the President, would be needed to change the number of seats in the House of Representatives.
The number of seats is temporarily increases whenever a new state joins the Union, but the number goes back to 435 at the time of the following reallocation.
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