POWIP » immigrants http://powip.com Piece of Work In Progress Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:12:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Senate Democrats block census question on citizenship. http://powip.com/2009/11/senate-democrats-block-census-question-on-citizenship/ http://powip.com/2009/11/senate-democrats-block-census-question-on-citizenship/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:24:04 +0000 Rocketman http://powip.com/?p=1929 In a 60-39 vote Senate Democrats blocked a measure that would require census takers to ask people whether or not they were US citizens.  Opponents claimed the additional question would dramatically increase costs, since a separate survey already gathers that data.  Hmmmmm, maybe I'm wrong, but mightn't it be less expensive overall to add the question to the census and dispense with a completely separate survey; at least for next year?

Just sayin'

Rocketman

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