That video explains it better than i ever could, its what woke me up... he is the legal mind, but best quick answer i can give is the real 1st ammendment was actually ratified and nobody knew it.
The states did not follow through and send paperwork on to Washington. These guys went back thru states archieves and found signed documents that should have ratified the amendment. That would supercede that vote they took to limit house reps to 435.
I think where i got that number, the amendment specified 1 house rep for every 50,000 people in the census.
original congressional apportionment was 1:30000
http://history.house.gov/Institution/Apportionment/Apportionment/
that would give us 10,000 congresscritters, meeting electronically from their districts today.
Impossible to compromise, they would federally regulate and legislate only on issues of the greatest national priority.