On May 3, Congressman Tom Davis (R-Virginia) introduced HR 2043. It temporarily expands the size of the US House of Representatives, until 2011. It would give a full seat to the District of Columbia, and another seat to Utah. Utah is the state that came closest to getting another seat in the reapportionment of 2001. Since it is expected that the new Utah seat would elect a Republican, and the new District of Columbia seat would likely choose a Democrat, Davis hopes both major parties will support his bill.