Friday, April 30, 2021

Would the Biden administration put its thumb on the Census scale?

GOP reps question Biden admin on alleged 'political interference' in census, citing departure from estimates

Republicans cite departures from census estimates in letter to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo

More than a dozen House Republicans Friday are questioning Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo on whether there "was any political interference" in the final census numbers used to decide how many House members each state will get for the coming decade. 

The letter, first obtained by Fox News, is led by Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., the ranking member on the House Oversight Committee.

The Republican House members cited gaps between the number of House seats some right-leaning states were projected to gain -- or some left-leaning states were projected to lose -- and the final results announced this week.

 They told Raimondo, overseeing the Census Bureau, that they "have questions about the methodology and the role the Biden White House may have played in releasing these numbers."



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