House passes bill to add citizenship to census, block noncitizens from House apportionment
by The Washington Times
The Washington Times— The House approved legislation Wednesday to add a question on citizenship into the decennial census and to change the way seats in the House are doled out, slicing noncitizens from of the count.
TheHill—House GOP passes bill to add citizenship question to census. House Republicans on Wednesday passed a bill that calls for adding a citizenship question to the decennial census, re-upping an issue that the Supreme Court blocked in 2019. The legislation — titled the Equal Representation Act — cleared the chamber in a party-line 206-202 vote. The measure would direct the Census Bureau to add a question to the
TheBlaze—House passes bill to add citizenship question to census to stop illegal aliens from distorting congressional representation. On Wednesday, House Republicans passed a bill that would add a citizenship question to the census and thereby prevent illegal aliens from impacting redistricting and Electoral College apportionment, the New York Post reported.The Equal Representation Act passed in a 206-202 vote without any Democratic support. Introduced by Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-Ill.), the bill has more than 100 cosponsors.States reevaluate their congressional map each decade, losing or gaining seats based on census population...
The Daily Signal—House Passes Bill to Restore Citizenship Question to Census. Legislation adopted Wednesday by the House of Representatives would restore a question about U.S. citizenship to the 2030 census, potentially reshaping congressional representation and the Read More