rssSenate Kills Vitter Census Amendment
Thursday, November 05, 2009 at 7:05 pm
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The Senate voted today to end debate on the Commerce, Justice and State appropriations bill without considering the controversial amendment proposed by Sens. David Vitter (R-La.) and Bob Bennett (R-Utah) that would have stopped the U.S. Census from taking place without an additional question about each individual’s citizenship and immigration status.
Vitter had claimed that counting illegal immigrants in the Census would allow Democrats to gain more seats in Congress than they’re entitled to have, but previous census directors and experts had warned that changing the census questions at this stage of the process would be extremely costly and basically impossible.
Since 1790, the U.S. Census Bureau has asked people whether they are native or foreign-born, but it has never asked about their legal status. Immigrants’ advocates say asking about legal status would deter many immigrants from participating, leaving the census with an inaccurate count of actual U.S. residents.
In addition to the distribution of congressional seats to states, census data are used to make decisions about what community services to provide and how to distribute federal funds to local, state and tribal governments.
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Comment posted November 6, 2009 @ 4:16 am
I propose the following amendment: Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons, including those without citizenship, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other Persons.
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Comment posted November 6, 2009 @ 9:16 am
I propose the following amendment: Any mention of Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) should include “Diaper Boy” between his first and last names.
As in, Sen. David “Diaper Boy” Vitter (R-La.)
So the lede would then read:
“The Senate voted today to end debate on the Commerce, Justice and State appropriations bill without considering the controversial amendment proposed by Sens. David “Diaper Boy” Vitter (R-La.) and Bob “Dead Meat” Bennett (R-Utah) that would have stopped the U.S. Census from taking place without an additional question about each individual’s propensity to wear diapers when consorting with prostitutes.”
Comment posted November 6, 2009 @ 9:16 am
I propose the following amendment: Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons, including those without citizenship, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other Persons.
Comment posted November 6, 2009 @ 2:16 pm
I propose the following amendment: Any mention of Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) should include “Diaper Boy” between his first and last names.
As in, Sen. David “Diaper Boy” Vitter (R-La.)
So the lede would then read:
“The Senate voted today to end debate on the Commerce, Justice and State appropriations bill without considering the controversial amendment proposed by Sens. David “Diaper Boy” Vitter (R-La.) and Bob “Dead Meat” Bennett (R-Utah) that would have stopped the U.S. Census from taking place without an additional question about each individual’s propensity to wear diapers when consorting with prostitutes.”
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