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      Docs Expose Trump's 'Illegal' Effort to Help GOP by Weaponizing Census

      "It is clear that legislative reforms are needed to prevent any future illegal or unconstitutional efforts to interfere with the census and chip away at our democracy," said the House Committee on Oversight and Reform chair.

      Jessica Corbett
      Jul 20, 2022

      A U.S. House of Representatives panel probing the Trump administration's attempt to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census on Wednesday released a memorandum underscoring that the failed effort was politically motivated.

      "The documents ultimately obtained by the committee... shed additional light on the depth of partisan manipulation in the 2020 census."

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      As Feared, 2020 Census Significantly Undercounted Minorities

      "This undercount means we are saddled with inaccurate numbers for the next decade," said one rights advocate. "The consequences are serious."

      Julia Conley
      Mar 10, 2022

      Latino Americans were significantly undercounted in the 2020 U.S. Census, according to an analysis released Thursday by the Census Bureau--a result which advocacy groups said was what former President Donald Trump's administration intended to happen when it attempted to change the decennial survey.

      "This was intentional."

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      'Letting the Terrorists Win'? Manchin Suggests Pro-Democracy Reform Would Spark Another Insurrection

      'Letting the Terrorists Win'? Manchin Suggests Pro-Democracy Reform Would Spark Another Insurrection

      Progressives blasted the West Virginia Democrat's proposal that passing the For the People Act would lead to "anarchy" like the January 6 attack.

      Jessica Corbett
      Apr 27, 2021

      Sen. Joe Manchin won praise from the Daily Caller and Fox Newscontributors while infuriating voting rights advocates on Tuesday with his suggestion that scrapping the filibuster and passing sweeping, popular pro-democracy reforms would spark a second insurrection just months after a right-wing mob stormed the U.S. Capitol.

      The West Virginia Democrat's comments came in a wide-ranging interview with Vox. With an evenly split upper chamber in which Vice President Kamala Harris breaks tie votes, the party's most conservative senator plays a key role in advancing or thwarting the legislative efforts of President Joe Biden and Democratic congressional leaders. In contrast to his discussions with Republicans about Biden's infrastructure proposal, Manchin publicly insists he is "not a roadblock" to the president's agenda.

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