Posted on 02/10/2009 8:03:00 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
A Republican lawmaker is calling for an investigation of a plan by the Obama administration to have the U.S. census managed by White House staff.
Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, fears that the move could jeopardize a reliable census in 2010. That, in turn, could trigger allegations of political chicanery in redrawing the lines that determine districts and help shape electoral fortunes.
"I'm deeply concerned" about "the White House controlling the day-to-day operations of the Census Bureau," Blackburn told Fox News.
Obama's plan, she wrote in a letter to the committee requesting an investigation, "may jeopardize the important and nonpartisan work product of a sensitive administrative agency, and potentially disrupt completion of a competent, reliable 2010 census.
"The American people deserve a non-partisan census in 2010, and we hope the committee will ensure that goal comes to fruition by holding an oversight hearing on the administration's potential plans to reduce the future secretary of commerce's authority over the agency," she wrote.
Also signing the letter will be her fellow committee members – 36 Democrats and 22 Republicans.
"We certainly hope to demonstrate that there is substantial interest among members to it," said Claude Chafin, a spokesman for Blackburn.
Blackburn said she has gotten a lot of feedback from local and state elected officials and constituents who are concerned about Obama's move. She hopes her letter will prompt California Rep. Henry Waxman, the Democrat who heads the committee, to conduct a hearing.
Every 10 years, as mandated by the U.S. Constitution, a census is taken of the U.S. population. The results determine the destination of billions of dollars in federal funding for everything from road maintenance to school construction.
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The fix is in. Why waste the money doing a “census” if it is going to be a farce anyway?
This just proves that naming a RINO senator as Commerce Secretary was just to get another ‘Rat in the Senate.
Now the change is starting to make sense...
This is encouraging She hopes her letter will prompt California Rep. Henry Waxman, the Democrat who heads the committee, to conduct a hearing.
This is not. What are the chances he would do it? At least an honest hearing that is.
This is encouraging
She hopes her letter will prompt California Rep. Henry Waxman, the Democrat who heads the committee, to conduct a hearing.
This is not. What are the chances he would do it? At least an honest hearing that is.
This is so easy to protest. Let them know that we won’t fill it out.
Now we know why Acorn has all those ads running on Craigslist. They are hiring now so they will be ready for the census that will be required by the Leader.
agreed..and with Rep Carter’s putting forth the Rangel Rule it is nice to see some GOP fight back...
Having Henry Waxman investigate anything is like asking the Mafia to investigate itself.
If we investigated every Democrat chairman of each committee, the jails would be filled overnight.
But take heart. At least we'll be Democrats.
To Starfleet Command:
If what you write happens, then we white, Jewish, conservative males will have been put, first, on the Endangered Species List, and then moved to the Extinct List.
I was a Democrat. Please don’t send me back there. Anything. I’ll even say nice things about Helen Thomas (Nope, not that desperate).
Yup!
I pray she is allowed to get to the bottom of this, and the every other “R” joins her in doing something about it. This communist bs has got to stop!
I’m not optimistic that Waxman will take this up, however, the GOP can win this if they succeed in raising the awareness of the issue. Keep talking about it, keep writing op-eds, keep appearing on tv, and keep doing things like Marsha Blackburn is doing. I expect this to be a big issue in the Judd Gregg confirmation hearings.
**Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, fears that the move could jeopardize a reliable census in 2010.**
Don’t you see what they are doing? Phony census to set up phony districts for voting. (All left-leaning, of course.....sarcasm of.....
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