No Cap Fund is a single-issue, bipartisan organization dedicated to uncapping the House of Representatives before the 2030 census.
When in the course of human events, power centralizes, and the people struggle to hold their government accountable, we are compelled to reflect. We must ask: what kind of nation do we wish to be? Do we want to be a free and independent people, where out of many, we become one? Do we want to be united in purpose to govern ourselves, sharing authority and responsibility? Or do we want to become another drifting republic, where power escapes the reach of the people and slides toward tyranny or anarchy?We hold these truths to be self-evident: that people were created free, that a Republican form of government derives its powers from the consent of the governed, and that consent is given through representation accountable to the people.Since 1929, the people’s power in the House of Representatives has remained capped at 435 seats, despite the American population having tripled. This artificial and arbitrary limitation concentrates power, distorts Democracy, and undermines the relationship between citizen and representative. The 435 member cap violates the very purpose for which representative government was established —to be accountable to The People.Therefore, we unite to:First, Support Reform:
We must increase the size of the House of Representatives to remain a free people. Second, Champion Honest Debate:
We welcome rigorous discussion on the methods of expansion.Third, Push for a Vote:
We demand that Congress hold hearings and openly debate legislation to uncap and modernize the House. Fourth, Expand the Tent:
We must engage Americans of all political stripes in this cause. In support of these commitments, we promise one another our good faith effort, honest voice, and steadfast commitment to peaceably repair representation to The People and balance under our great Constitution.
At the beginning, it was our rallying cry, “no taxation without representation.” Who would be in power, people in a far and distant land, or the people of the land themselves? During the debates at the Philadelphia Convention, few questions loomed larger than representation. How would political power be divided between large and small states? The Great Compromise divided Congress into two: the states would have equal representation in the Senate (two per state), and the House would be apportioned by population. But then a new question arose—what should the ratio be between the population and representatives?It was on the issue of representation that George Washington had his only recorded intervention, supporting the motion changing the ratio from 1:50,000 inhabitants to 1:30,000 inhabitants, arguing that “the smallness of the proportion of Representatives” was “exceptional.” The Convention ultimately settled on a ratio of 1:30,000 inhabitants—a figure to ensure accountability, access, and a government rooted in its people. But…
In 1929, after years of debate over how to apportion representation in a rapidly changing country—one where people were moving from rural areas to booming cities—Congress passed the Permanent Apportionment Act, capping the House of Representatives at 435 members. At the time, each member represented about 220,000 people. Today, that number has ballooned to over 750,000. The cap has remained in place for nearly a century, even as the population has tripled.
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The No Cap Team
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Walter Clapp
FOUNDER - VP
Walter is an attorney, entrepreneur, and inventor. Walter first learned about our lack of Representation and the failed First Amendment while clerking for the U.S. Senate in his last year of law school. He believes, as did George Washington, that freedom of speech is meaningless unless it can be used to elect good and adequate representation in our House. -
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Landon Glover
Co-Founder
Landon is an entrepreneur and lawyer. Landon’s interest in the size of the House started as intellectual curiosity and quickly turned into a dedicated project when he started the @uncapthehouse Twitter (now X) and subreddit in 2020, which he still runs. Since then, the pages accumulated thousands of followers. He co-founded the No Cap Fund to take the effort to uncap the House to the next level and accomplish the stated goal of uncapping the House by 2029, the 100-year anniversary of the cap on the House.
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Jeff Mayhugh
President
Jeff Mayhugh is a Christian, husband, and father of five. After building a small business and a family, Jeff decided to dig into history. He discovered the problem of the capped House, and he decided to get involved, volunteering for local campaigns and running for office. He is a contributor in The Hill, Newsweek, and The Blaze. Follow Jeff on X @jmayhugh28.
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Roger Scott
TREASURER – BOARD MEMBER
Roger Scott has served for more than thirty years in various finance, accounting, and strategy leadership roles for some of the largest, most well-known firms on the planet, including AT&T and FedEx. Roger currently operates as a consulting accountant, serving as fractional CFO or Controller for client companies across the country. He has been married for 35 years and is proud to claim parentage of two adult children. -
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Thomas Howes
Board Member
Thomas D. Howes is Editor-in-Chief of The Vital Center, founder of the Reagan Caucus and Reagan Caucus Action, and a lecturer in politics at Princeton University. He is co-authoring, with James M. Patterson, a book to be published by the Acton Institute titled Why Postliberalism Failed. He also has a nearly completed manuscript defending constitutional democracy from the perspective of natural law theory.
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Matt Beat
Board Member
Matthew Beat, also known as Mr. Beat, is a multifaceted creator from Kansas—a YouTuber, video producer, educator, and musician. With experience teaching a range of subjects from grades 7–12, Matt has expanded his classroom to a global audience through his YouTube channels Mr. Beat and The Beat Goes On, collectively gaining over 1 million subscribers and over 350 million views.
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FAQ
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Our mission is to expand the size of the House of Representatives by removing the existing 435-member “cap.”
Historical Context:
Following the Constitutional Conventions to amend the US Constitution, the 1st Congress proposed an amendment to provide a specific ratio of persons to House Representatives. This amendment, dubbed “Article the First,” preceded 11 other proposed amendments. Ten of these proposed amendments were ratified as the Bill of Rights. The other amendment not part of the Bill of Rights was eventually ratified in 1992. The only amendment not officially ratified was Article the First.Turning Away from the Constitution:
After failing to ratify Article the First, Congress expanded the size of the House every decade after the taking of the US Census as the size of the overall population expanded. Then, after the 1920 Census, Congress failed to pass an apportionment act to expand the size of the House in accordance with this constitutional precedent. To maintain some semblance of order, Congress passed the Permanent Reapportionment Act of 1929, which “capped” the number of Representatives at 435 (a number arrived at in 1911) by automatically reverting back to 435 if Congress failed to pass an apportionment act. Over time, Congress never returned to fulfill its constitutional duty to expand its membership size, and by extension expand representation to the People.The Consequences:
Despite subsequent societal shifts, including the enfranchisement of women, Native Americans, and Black Southerners, and a tripling of the population, Congress has neglected its duty to adjust representation. Furthermore, the Executive branch grew rapidly as the small size of the House exacerbated the need to delegate Congressional powers. This has led to a bureaucratic nightmare and eroded the trust in our political institutions.Our Mission:
The No Cap Fund aims to repair the damage done by failing to expand the House in a nonpartisan manner for the social welfare of America in accordance with our founding principles. -
More than 435. We believe in removing the cap created by the Permanent Apportionment Act of 1929, and replacing it with a dynamic algorithm.
There are many proposals to expand the size of the House including the Wyoming/Smallest State Rule, the Cube Root Rule, the Least Variation Rule, and so many others. We support any method to expand the size of the House beyond the current 435-member cap. -
It depends. Because we are a 501(c)(4) and not a 501(c)(3), contributions or gifts to the No Cap Fund are not deductible as charitable contributions for individual federal income tax purposes.
But, your contributions may be deductible as a business expense under section IRC 162. Please talk to your CPA to learn more about your options. No Cap Fund does engage in limited lobbying. For FY 2025, 10% of any contribution is nondeductible, and 90% is deductible.
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No Cap Fund does engage in limited lobbying (see the above FAQ!). Most of our lobbying, and all of our political expenditures, however, occur through the “separate segregated fund” we maintain for “exempt functions” as defined by IRC 527(e)(2). That fund is referred to as that No Cap PAC and is in its infancy. If you want your funds to go strictly to lobbying and political expenditures, please visit and donate at the No Cap PAC!
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Our initial funds are educating and engaging with more Americans., including our grassroots action network.
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A 501(c)(4) incorporated in Wyoming.