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Recognizing the need to establish a method of counting the population for the purpose of taxation and political representation, our founding fathers created the national census within the U.S. constitution.  It reads, “Enumeration shall be made within three Years after the first Meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent Term [...]

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Con-Census 2010

May 18, 2009

President Obama’s pick to head the U.S. Census Bureau was questioned in front of the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee on Friday on his goals if  confirmed.  Robert M. Groves, currently director of the University of Michigan Survey Research Center, was a former associate director of the Census Bureau from 1990-1992.  In keeping with it’s proud [...]

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