Cannon House Office Building, view from the dome of the U.S. Capitol, July 2007

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Cannon House Office Building, view from the dome of the U.S. Capitol, July 2007

Credit: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CannonOfficeBuildingDomeView.jpg

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The House Chamber in the Capitol opened in 1857, but the number of representatives quickly grew from 193 to 391, as more states joined the Union with westward expansion. As more constituents and growing workloads put increasing amounts of pressure…