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As I'm sure everyone knows, of the first 12 amendments proposed to the US Constitution, ten of them became the Bill of Rights, another one got ratified 203 years after its proposal and became the 27th amendment, but the last one of these, "Article the First", never got off the ground.
In one sense it's easy to see why it got rejected, given the quickly ballooning population numbers even in the early days of the republic, fears about mob rule, and it being despised by small states such as Delaware. But how would the federal government and nation look overall if it passed? Presuming history otherwise goes as parallel and what language is used, it could mean anywhere from 1625 to 6175 congressman in the House.
Any POD(s) may be used to bring this into action at anytime, although it's obviously safe to say the earlier it is in US history the more likely it's adopted.