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In line with this historical pattern, Canada would probably receive around 50 seats in the House — California presently has 52 and Canada had a population of 37 million in its 2021 census, putting it just behind California at the time of the last United States reapportionment.
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Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 26 Feb. 2025
Florida and Texas have been gaining seats for a few decades, while New York has been losing seats over each reapportionment cycle.
—Jared Gans, The Hill, 12 Jan. 2025
Last year, the Brennan Center for Justice predicted that the state was on track to lose four more congressional districts in reapportionment in 2030, leaving California with just 48 House seats.
—Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
Michael Li, senior counsel in the Brennan Center’s Democracy Program, said Friday the Census Bureau’s new estimates indicated there might be a slightly less dramatic 2030 reapportionment across the nation.
—Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
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Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 26 Feb. 2025
Florida and Texas have been gaining seats for a few decades, while New York has been losing seats over each reapportionment cycle.
—Jared Gans, The Hill, 12 Jan. 2025
Last year, the Brennan Center for Justice predicted that the state was on track to lose four more congressional districts in reapportionment in 2030, leaving California with just 48 House seats.
—Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
Michael Li, senior counsel in the Brennan Center’s Democracy Program, said Friday the Census Bureau’s new estimates indicated there might be a slightly less dramatic 2030 reapportionment across the nation.
—Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reapportionment
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Service Business Trap There are other apportionment rules for different types of businesses.—
Robert W. Wood,
Forbes.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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The 2020 Census faced significant scrutiny after President Donald Trump, in his first term, attempted to enhance review of citizenship status in the questionnaire and to exclude undocumented people from apportionment figures, although both policies were ruled against by the Supreme Court.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 July 2025
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Adding directors with executive leadership, capital allocation, and distribution expertise to replace board members that have overseen years of value destruction, likely targeting chairman Jonathan Peacock specifically, should signal to the market the start of a new chapter.—
Kenneth Squire,
CNBC,
16 Aug. 2025
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However, its aid distribution system has been under consistent attack from Hamas and from some unlikely quarters — the world's leading aid groups.—
Benjamin Weinthal,
FOXNews.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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However, as Forbes noted in 2025, U.S. applicants need to consider the additional cost of application fees, biometrics, and residence card issuance fees, due diligence costs, and renewal fees (every 2 years).—
Alex Ledsom,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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In 2023, Democrats managed to thwart Republican legislation that would have prohibited the issuance of any debt for Project Connect without voter approval.—
Ella McCarthy,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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“Reapportionment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reapportionment. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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