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One piece of legislation that is garnering interest is H.R. 2499, The Puerto Rico Democracy Act, introduced in May 2009 by Pedro Pierluisi (D.-Puerto Rico) and coming up for a vote before the House of Representatives next week. The bill basically gives Puerto Ricans the chance to vote between retaining their current status or choosing a new status, to include Statehood. The text of the bill can be found here. One of the many controversial issues of this bill is the issue of plebiscite as opposed to a constitutional convention. Roberto G. DePosada, writing for Roll Call, asks: Why not...

BROWNSVILLE — After months of encouraging people to heed U.S. Census billboards and TV spots urging everyone to mail in their all-important census forms, it wasn't until around April 1, or “Census Day,” that Rio Grande Valley leaders learned that as many as a quarter of the area's residents won't be getting the mailings at all. “I thought it was an April Fool's joke,” Hidalgo County Judge Rene Ramirez said of the Census Bureau's decision to go door-to-door in colonias. Colonias are subdivisions that sprang up as recent immigrants built or parked homes, often substandard, on tracts that lacked paved...

U.S. Census activities have begun nationwide, with workers updating address lists and maps. The information will be used to distribute census forms, according to the United States Department of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration’s regional census center in Dallas. Officials are asking the public’s cooperation in allowing Census Bureau employees access into buildings and communities to perform their official duties. Because the 2010 Census is a complex operation that involves several phases, more than one census worker may request access during the next several months. The workers have identification badges that should be displayed while they are on duty. Also,...

Something Wicked This Way Comes Silencing The Media To anyone but the most ardent liberal, its quite apparent that the majority of the media is blatantly supporting Obama’s every action. The revelation that for 17 years Rahm Emmanuel (Obama’s Chief of Staff), George Stephanopoulos (ABC News), James Carville and Paul Begala (CNN) have had daily hour long calls that have continued into the Obama administration is but one example. Even though CNN is selling Obama shirts they will tell you they are not bias. Actions by the Obama administration have made it quite apparent to the media you are either...