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Even though, it was not the intention of the

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Committee on the Legislative Branch originally to include

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a section on congressional redistricting, the events

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which took place in the Congress the day before we

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considered the amendment which was proposed here, plus a

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further study of the history of Maryland and of congressiona:

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attempts generally to set up standards has prompted the

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Committee on the Legislative Branch to reconsider its

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earlier opinion and to come forth with the suggestion

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which you have before you.

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I think! Maryland's history with respect to

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congressional redistricting can be best summarized in a

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capsule sentence which appears in a pamphlet called

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"Representation and Apportionment" published by the

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Congressional Quarterly Service in August of 1966. Maryland

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was unique enough to prompt a separate article in this

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particular publication entitled "Redistricting in Maryland",

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and the lead sentence I think is what would interest us:

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"Congressional redistricting never easily accomplished provec

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more difficult in Maryland than in any other state in the

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country in the 1960's."