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Senate Kills Vitter Amendment to Include Citizenship Question on Census Forms

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11-05-2009, 10:43 PM
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Don't know if there is any real significance to this,but the Senate voted down the Vitter-Bennett amendment to ask for status on Census forms.The vote tally is what is interesting.
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The Senate voted 60 to 39 Thursday to block the amendment by Sens. David Vitter (R-La.) and Robert Bennett (R-Utah) to require 2010 census takers to ask respondents if they are U.S. citizens.

Even though 100 million forms have already been printed, Vitter and Bennett threatened to stop funding for next year's decennial census if the forms were not reprinted to add the extra question. The census director told a Senate panel this fall that 100 million more census forms would cost about $22 million.

But, the real controversy involved the senators' intention to use the information for apportioning Congressional districts, ensuring that only American citizens would count in determining each state's representation in Washington.
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11-05-2009, 11:26 PM
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I hate Vitter along with Sessions.
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11-05-2009, 11:54 PM
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That's a ridiculous amendment. I'm glad the Senate killed his stupidity. I can't believe this guy gets to be a US Senator.
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11-06-2009, 12:27 AM
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they're doing us a favor by bringing up immigration and keeping it in the spotlight. This plays up the urgency of immigration reform in the senate. I hope they would keep bringing their immigration bills so the issue doesn't go away.
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11-06-2009, 12:40 AM
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Good riddance
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