Posted on Jul 12, 2022
A new bill could help protect the census after Trump-era interference
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https://www.npr.org/2022/07/11/ [login to see] /census-political-interference-meddling-maloney-legislation
A bill introduced Monday in the U.S. House of Representatives could help the 2030 census and other upcoming national head counts avoid the years of meddling by former President Donald Trump's administration that dogged the country's most recent tally.
If it becomes law, the bill would put up additional roadblocks against any attempt by an administration to interfere with the next once-a-decade census, which is used to divvy up political representation and federal funding to communities across the U.S.
The proposal led by Rep. Carolyn Maloney — a Democrat from New York who chairs the House Oversight and Reform Committee that helps oversee the Census Bureau — comes after the Trump administration raised the risks of an incomplete and inaccurate count of the country's population in 2020 with its failed push for a previously untested census question about U.S. citizenship status and installation of political appointees with no obvious qualifications at the bureau, among other extraordinary moves.
"It basically moves to make sure that the census is fair and accurate, that it is removed from political influence and that the decisions made are made on science and not politics," Maloney told NPR.
A bill introduced Monday in the U.S. House of Representatives could help the 2030 census and other upcoming national head counts avoid the years of meddling by former President Donald Trump's administration that dogged the country's most recent tally.
If it becomes law, the bill would put up additional roadblocks against any attempt by an administration to interfere with the next once-a-decade census, which is used to divvy up political representation and federal funding to communities across the U.S.
The proposal led by Rep. Carolyn Maloney — a Democrat from New York who chairs the House Oversight and Reform Committee that helps oversee the Census Bureau — comes after the Trump administration raised the risks of an incomplete and inaccurate count of the country's population in 2020 with its failed push for a previously untested census question about U.S. citizenship status and installation of political appointees with no obvious qualifications at the bureau, among other extraordinary moves.
"It basically moves to make sure that the census is fair and accurate, that it is removed from political influence and that the decisions made are made on science and not politics," Maloney told NPR.
A new bill could help protect the census after Trump-era interference
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Any census should count the number of Citizens! That number should equal or exceed the number of registered voters in a state!
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CW4 Guy Butler
That would require an amendment to the Constitution.
From the 14th Amendment:
“ Representatives shall be apportioned among the several states according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each state, excluding Indians not taxed.”
From the 14th Amendment:
“ Representatives shall be apportioned among the several states according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each state, excluding Indians not taxed.”
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Thank you my friend PO1 William "Chip" Nagel for making us aware that a proposal by 'NY democrat' Rep. Carolyn Maloney is proposing a bill that would not require citizenship to be included in the 2030 census.
I concur with my friend CSM Charles Hayden and SFC Bernard Walko's responses. It would be reasonable to amend the 14th amendment to include native Americans who reside within the United States.
I non-concur with any attempt to include non-citizens in the census unles they are enumerated as non citizens by category; resident aliens; those here on work visas; those who overstayed their visa time limitations; unregistered aliens who entered this nation illegally [non-punitive]
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I concur with my friend CSM Charles Hayden and SFC Bernard Walko's responses. It would be reasonable to amend the 14th amendment to include native Americans who reside within the United States.
I non-concur with any attempt to include non-citizens in the census unles they are enumerated as non citizens by category; resident aliens; those here on work visas; those who overstayed their visa time limitations; unregistered aliens who entered this nation illegally [non-punitive]
FYI LTC John Shaw PO3 Edward Riddle MCPO Hilary Kunz LTC (Join to see) MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. GySgt Jack Wallace SMSgt Lawrence McCarter SSG (Join to see) SSG Franklin Briant 1SG Frank Boynton Lt Col Charlie Brown LTC Trent Klug PO2 Russell "Russ" Lincoln A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaneyA1C Pamela G Russell
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PO3 Edward Riddle
Thank You Brother Steve for this info. Why should we let someone who isn't supposed to be here in the first-place vote? That's one of the stupidest things I ever heard of. Remember they are called illegal aliens because they are here illegally.
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Really? Red states have been found to be under counted and Blue over counted. Still couldn’t cheat enough for democrat heavy states to loose seats in the house and republican to gain. Where we getting this opinion piece from, NPR?
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