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| Senate blocks census US-citizenship question |
| 2009-11-06 |
| A-Pee article. Rest at link. Senate Democrats have blocked a GOP attempt to require next year's census forms to ask people whether they are a U.S. citizen. |
| Posted by:gorb |
| #5 Mitch & Proco - that's why Vitter's amendment made sense: you count all persons, AND you count the different categories that would matter (legality, etc.) But no, can't have THAT - works against the agenda. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2009-11-06 11:51 |
| #4 Glen, there's a difference between counting for representation and counting for program/funding allocations. When the fed allows in 10 million+ illegals which congregate in urban areas, they have effectively removed the proportional representation of not only those districts within states but between states. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-11-06 11:39 |
| #3 Glen, the 14th Amendment replacement to the 3/5ths compromise is still active. And it doesn't say citizens, it says persons, "excluding Indians not taxed". I'm just surprised the Mexicans haven't tried for Indian nation status yet. |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2009-11-06 11:13 |
| #2 I think it perfectly appropriate to count all persons, whether legal or not, as I believe Congressional apportionment is based on population, not legal or voting population (recall the infamous 3/5 compromise). However, I also think it perfectly appropriate to categorize whether the counted person is a citizen, legal resident, or illegal - those are a LOT more reasonable questions than 90% of the stuff they ask, like how many bathrooms you have. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2009-11-06 08:47 |
| #1 Cause we don't want apportionment to just count Americans, we're the transnational party of the world* - Donks *AKA - suppressing the vote of the citizens of the United States of American. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-11-06 07:38 |