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California Would Lose Seats Under Census Change

New York Times | SAM ROBERTS | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: 2010 Census, House of Represenatives, Congress, Census Bureau, Reapportioning Congress, Seats in Congress, Demographics, Senator Vitter's Census Proposal, Senator David Vitter, Politics News

A Republican senator's proposal to count only United States citizens when reapportioning Congress would cost California five seats and New York and Il...

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Uninsured Are Represented By Some Of Health Care Reform's Biggest Supporters -- And Critics, New Census Data Shows

National Journal Online | Thursday, October 22, 2009 | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Census, Health Care Bill, Census Bureau, National Average Uninsured, 2010 Census, Census, US Census Bureau, Health Care Reform Legislation, Health Care Reform, Health Care, Census Health Care, Census Uninsured, Politics News

Many of the House members in both parties who are most opposed to the health care reform legislation moving toward a historic vote represent districts...

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America's 10 Poorest Cities: Forbes

ABC News | Joshua Zumbrun | Posted 10.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Poverty Statistics, America's Poorest Cities, Census Bureau, Poverty, Business News

The Great Recession is rewriting the rules of American poverty. Data from the Census Bureau, released in September, show that during the first year of...

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Spanish Speakers Targeted in Census Plan

AP | AMY TAXIN | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Census, Census Bureau, US Census Bureau, Spanish Language, Census Data, Bilingual, Spanish, Hispanics, Politics News

LONG BEACH, Calif. — When Teresa Ocampo opens her census questionnaire, she won't have to worry about navigating another document in English. T...

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Bill Sparkman Murder: Tragic Details About Census Worker Found Hanged

Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: William Sparkman, Census Bureau, Daniel Boone National Forest, Homicide, Fed, Suicide, Fbi, Bill Sparkman, Kentucky, Census Worker, London, Ky, Politics News

William E. Sparkman Jr. was a 51-year-old single father who once battled Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma while he pursued his teaching degree, according to a Mar...

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Census Bureau Uses Spanish-Language Soap Opera to Reach Hispanics

nytimes.com | BRIAN STELTER | Posted 09.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: 2010 Census, Census, The Devil Knows Best, Census Bureau, Census Bureau Outreach, US Census Hispanic Count, 2010-Census-Hispanics, Telenovela, Spanish, Beltran, ”, “MáS Sabe El Diablo, Politics News

Ms. Beltrán, a character in the popular Spanish-language soap opera "Más Sabe el Diablo," "The Devil Knows Best," represents only one element of the...

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Recession Hits Immigrants Hard: Survey Finds Decline In Foreign-Born Residents For First Time In 40 Years

Wall Street Journal | CONOR DOUGHERTY and MIRIAM JORDAN | Posted 09.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Naturalization, Brookings Intstitute, Census, Illegal Immigration, Recession, Immigration, Immigrants, Census Bureau, Economy, Business News

The number of foreign-born residents of the U.S. declined for the first time since at least 1970, as a recession and tight labor market dented America...

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What Do You Know? It's National Singles Week

Bella DePaulo | Posted 09.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Divorce, Relationships, Single Grandparents, Stephen Colbert, Travel, Homeowners, Cultural Lag, Widow, Myths, Singles Blog Crawl, Happiness, Quiz, Social Support, Jon Stewart, Single Parents, Health, Sex, Living Alone, National Singles Week, NY Times, Census Bureau, Single With Attitude, Living News
Bella DePaulo

Our perceptions of single people and their place in society have not caught up with the realities. How well do you know your single people? Take this quiz.

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Census Bureau Severs Ties With ACORN

AP | HOPE YEN | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: ACORN Census, Census, Acorn, Census Bureau, 2010 Census, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The Census Bureau on Friday severed its ties with ACORN, a community organization that has been hit with Republican accusations of ...

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2010 U.S. Census? Count me in to Bring Home the Money, Honey

Esther J. Cepeda | Posted 09.06.2009 | Chicago

Read More: 2010 Census, Census Bureau, US Census Hispanic Count, US Census Undocumented Population, U.S. Census, US Census Latino Count, Maldef, 2010 Census Hispanics, Chicago News
Esther J. Cepeda

An unintended consequence of the national war on illegal immigration is that a historically fractured community can come together as a cohesive group to enact change for itself.

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Census 2010: The Right's Super-Secret Plan to End All Plans

Karl Frisch | Posted 08.02.2009 | Media

Read More: Census Bureau, Acorn, Clear Channel, Meghan Clyne, Neal Boortz, G. Gordon Liddy, Media Matters for America, Media, Barack Obama, Census, 2010 Census, Michelle Bachmann, Media Matters, New York Post, Rose Tennant, Fox News, Media Criticism, Glenn Beck, Media News, Media News
Karl Frisch

Pssst. Hey, conservatives ... I want to let you in on a devious little plan being hatched by your leaders in the media.

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Census Pick Illustrates Broader Obama Strategy

Michael J. O'Neil | Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Census, Reapportionment, Census Bureau, Robert Groves, Census Sampling, Politics News
Michael J. O'Neil

President Obama does not want the political distraction of Republicans screaming that the Democrats have "fixed" the Census to produce a partisan result.

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Senate Republicans Holding Up Census Nominee

The Washington Post | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Susan Collins, Census, Senate, Census Bureau, Robert M. Groves, Obama Nominee, Obama, Groves, Republican Senators, Republicans, Politics News

Robert M. Groves will have to wait a little longer to take the reins at the U.S. Census Bureau: Senate Republicans have placed a hold on his nominatio...

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The Republican Party is a Mess

Michael Fauntroy | Posted 07.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arlen Specter, Bill Clinton, Black Voters, Party of Lincoln, Rush Limbaugh, National Journal, Michael Fauntroy, Joe Biden, Newt Gingrich, Democrats, Barack Obama, Cook Political Report, Gallup, Sonia Sotomayor, Liberals, Hillary Clinton, Republicans, Grand Old Party, Conservatives, Census Bureau, Politics News
Michael Fauntroy

The GOP is simply out of touch with the rest of the country and has a very long way to go to regain relevance in American politics.

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Census Bureau Nominee Rules Out Use Of Sampling for 2010 Census

AP | HOPE YEN | Posted 06.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: 2010 Census, Census Bureau, Census Bureau Director, US Census Bureau, Sampling, Census Bureau Nominee, Robert Groves, Census Sampling, Politics News

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's pick to lead the Census Bureau on Friday ruled out the use of statistical sampling in the 2010 head count,...

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Judd Gregg's Attempt to Grab Control Over Census Foiled... by HuffPo

Paul Abrams | Posted 03.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Larry Kudlow, Judd Gregg, Obama Stimulus Bill, Commerce Secretary, Census Bureau, Barack Obama, Judd Gregg Statement, Gregg Statement, Judd Gregg Withdraws, Judd Gregg Withdrawal, Gregg, Gregg Withdraws, Politics News
Paul Abrams

Do not believe for a moment that Judd Gregg withdrew his nomination because of the stimulus bill. He withdrew because control of the Census Bureau was withdrawn.

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Gregg Already Stripped Of Authority Over U.S. Census

CQ | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics

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The director of the Census Bureau will report directly to the White House and not the secretary of Commerce, according to a senior White House officia...

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Judd Gregg To Control 2010 Census. And, Why Not Trade Lieberman for a New Hampshire Democrat?

Paul Abrams | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Judd Gregg, Joe Lieberman, Commerce Secretary, Census Bureau, Barack Obama, Obama's Cabinet, Politics News
Paul Abrams

Did we work so hard, raise so much money and spend so much time sleeping on floors and couches, to give a right wing conservative Republican control over the 2010 census?

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Census: US In Economic Slump For Years

CBS | Posted 01.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Cenus Report, Census Us in Economic Slump for Years, Census Bureau, Economic Crisis, Financial Crisis, Wall Street, Census, Business News

It's not news to small-town Milledgeville, Ga. - population 20,000 - that the United States is now in a recession. Almost 1,000 people lost their job...

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Federal Government Fails To Count -- And Help -- Many Of America's Poor

Jane Devin | Posted 11.14.2008 | Home

Read More: The Poor, Politics, Media, Poverty, Census Bureau, Government Statistics, McCain Economy, Economic Recession, Economic Crisis, Obama Economy, Election 2008, Home News
Jane Devin

Millions of America's poor are not counted in the official statistics. Variables -- like geography, non-cash benefits, and actual cost-of-living expenses -- make it difficult to gauge the number of people who subsist in our society with inadequate resources to meet essential daily needs.

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Why Care About Projected U.S. Ethnicity and Age?

Robert Engelman | Posted 09.14.2008 | Media

Read More: 2050, Census, Aging, Race, Ethnicity, Population, Census Bureau, Demographics, Changing Demographics, Us Population Projections, Media News
Robert Engelman

It's pretty curious, given the country's aspiration to be unbiased by race or ethnicity, that the topic of our ethnic mix fascinates the Census Bureau and the news media so much.

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Do Big Homes Mean Bigger Happiness?

Graham Hill | Posted 07.25.2008 | Green

Read More: Census Bureau, Housing Market, Statistics, Mansions, Waste, Architecture, Environment, Living, Green Living, Mcmansions, Green Homes, Housing Crisis, Housing Slump, Carbon Footprint, Green News
Graham Hill

The funny thing is, while homes get bigger, and this McMansion trend swallows up neighborhoods and landmarks, families are actually getting smaller.

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Times Editorial: Another Heck Of A Job

NY Times | Posted 07.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, 2010 Census, Carlos Gutierrez, Nytimes Editorials, White House Budget Battle, White House Budget Cuts, Bush Administration, Census Bureau, Politics News

Any remaining hope for a modern, efficient and precise census in 2010 has cratered, brought low by managerial incompetence and the administration's re...

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Boom Leaves Middle Class Behind

New York TImes | DAVID LEONHARDT | Posted 04.17.2008 | Business

Read More: Recession, U.S. Economy, Census Bureau, Business News

How has the United States economy gotten to this point? It's not just the apparent recession. Recessions happen. If you tried to build an economy imm...

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Bush Administration Hides More Data, Shuts Down Website Tracking U.S. Economic Indicators

Think Progress | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: U.S. Economy, Economics and Statistics Administration, Family Debt, Bush Administration, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Mortgage Crisis, Census Bureau, Credit Crunch, Forbes, Deficit, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Business News

The U.S. economy is faltering. Family debt is on the rise, benefits are disappearing, the deficit is skyrocketing, and the mortgage crisis has worsene...

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