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		<title>Senate blocks GOP proposal to require that census ask about citizenship status in 2010 count</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:54:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Taylor</dc:creator>
		
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Senate blocks census citizenship question
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats Thursday blocked a GOP attempt to require next year&#8217;s census forms to ask people whether they are U.S. citizens.

The proposal by Louisiana Republican Sen. David Vitter was aimed at excluding non-citizens from the population totals that are used to figure the number of congressional representatives for each [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Census bureau reps say 2020 survey could include boxes for gay and transgender individuals</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:32:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Leff</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Census Bureau is making an unprecedented effort to include same-sex couples in next year&#8217;s national population count, but legally married gay couples won&#8217;t show up as such in the official once-a-decade tally, bureau representatives said Thursday.

Statistical problems related to the development of the 2010 census form and the evolving legal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Census reps say future surveys could include gays and transgender individuals in count</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:18:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Census Bureau is making an unprecedented effort to include same-sex couples in next year&#8217;s national population count, but counting the number of individuals who identify as gay, lesbian or transgender could be next.

Census representatives told community leaders in San Francisco on Thursday that categories could be added in future editions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minority lawmakers oppose effort to ask about citizenship status in 2010 census</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:53:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hope Yen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A coalition of black, Latino and Asian lawmakers on Thursday expressed opposition to a proposal that would require next year&#8217;s census forms to ask about the status of a person&#8217;s citizenship.

The House lawmakers criticized a proposal by Sens. David Vitter, R-La., and Bob Bennett, R-Utah, as a political ploy designed to discourage immigrants [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Census director expresses concern about ballooning costs in plans for 2010 head count</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/census-director-expresses-concern-about-ballooning-costs-in-plans-for-2010-head-count-202631/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:16:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hope Yen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The head of the Census Bureau on Wednesday expressed concern about cost overruns in preparations for next year&#8217;s high-stakes count, saying he was taking steps to help prevent the expenses from ballooning further.

Appearing before a House panel, Robert Groves said poor planning had resulted in added costs in the address canvassing operation that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To accurately count immigrants, Census 2010 will include outreach in more languages</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:05:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO — With the launch of the 2010 census less than six months away, the U.S. Census Bureau is preparing its most targeted and far-reaching language outreach yet to more accurately count the country&#8217;s immigrants.

Census Director Robert Groves briefed San Francisco elected officials and community groups Wednesday on ways the federal agency is working [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Census director: Foreclosures will add challenges, costs to next year&#8217;s decennial census</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/census-director-foreclosures-will-add-challenges-costs-to-next-years-decennial-census-194914/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:20:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Taxin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — Foreclosures will make it tougher and more expensive to get an accurate census count next year as families move in with relatives or are left homeless, the Census Bureau&#8217;s director said Tuesday.

Director Robert Groves said he expects some of the census questionnaires mailed out in 2010 will land at empty homes in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Study: City funds and manpower to promote 2010 head count lag levels in previous census</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:24:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hope Yen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — With the 2010 census looming, major U.S. cities whose residents are at high risk of being missed are struggling with a shortage of money and manpower to prepare for an accurate count.

A study by the Pew Charitable Trusts, released Monday, found several cities with substantially fewer resources than it had in 2000. City [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Commerce Department rules out seeking a halt to immigration raids to improve census count</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:55:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hope Yen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — With the 2010 census six months away, the Commerce Department said Thursday it won&#8217;t seek a halt to immigration raids as it did in the previous census in hopes of improving participation in hard-to-count communities.

In a statement, the department said it is committed to an accurate count of U.S. residents, including both legal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Latinos hope the use of bilingual census forms will aid the 2010 count despite obstacles</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:52:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Taxin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONG BEACH, Calif. — When Teresa Ocampo opens her census questionnaire, she won&#8217;t have to worry about navigating another document in English.

The 40-year old housewife who only speaks basic English will be able to fill hers out in Spanish — which is exactly what U.S. officials were banking on when they decided to mail out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Census taker turned up dead in region where government workers should tread cautiously</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:09:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey Mcmurray</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BIG CREEK, Ky. — A census worker found hanged from a tree with the word &#8220;fed&#8221; scrawled on his chest met his end in a corner of Appalachia with an abundance of meth labs and marijuana fields — and a reputation for mistrusting government that dates back to the days of moonshiners and &#8220;revenuers.&#8221;

But the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Police: US Census worker found dead in Ky. forest died of asphyxiation; had rope around neck</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:35:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MANCHESTER, Ky. — Kentucky State Police say a U.S. Census worker found dead near an eastern Kentucky cemetery died of asphyxiation.

The body of 51-year-old William E. Sparkman was found in rural Clay County on Sept. 12. State police said in a statement Thursday that Sparkman was found with a rope around his neck that was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FBI checks whether US Census worker hanging in Ky. tied to his door-to-door data collection</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 07:16:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey Mcmurray</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MANCHESTER, Ky. — When Bill Sparkman told retired trooper Gilbert Acciardo that he was going door-to-door collecting census data in rural Kentucky, the former police officer drew on years of experience for a warning: &#8220;Be careful.&#8221;

The 51-year-old Sparkman was found this month hanged from a tree near a cemetery with the word &#8220;fed&#8221; scrawled on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AP source: Census worker found hanged near Kentucky cemetery had word &#8216;fed&#8217; scrawled on chest</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:44:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey Mcmurray</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MANCHESTER, Ky. — A U.S. Census worker found hanged from a tree near a Kentucky cemetery had the word &#8220;fed&#8221; scrawled on his chest, a law enforcement official said Wednesday, and the FBI is investigating whether he was a victim of anti-government sentiment.

Bill Sparkman, a 51-year-old part-time Census field worker and teacher, was found Sept. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FBI probes hanging of census worker in Ky.; AP source: &#8216;Fed&#8217; scrawled on dead man&#8217;s chest</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:06:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey Mcmurray</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A U.S. Census worker found hanged from a tree near a Kentucky cemetery had the word &#8220;fed&#8221; scrawled on his chest, a law enforcement official said Wednesday, and the FBI is investigating whether he was a victim of anti-government sentiment.

The law enforcement official, who was not authorized to discuss the case and requested [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New census director says he&#8217;s worried economy, tensions over immigration will hurt head count</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:28:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hope Yen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The head of the Census Bureau says he&#8217;s worried the poor economy and tensions over immigration will deter people from participating in next year&#8217;s high-stakes count.

Robert Groves appeared before Congress on Tuesday for the first time since he was confirmed in July. He told a House panel it may be hard to find [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Census: 150,000 same-sex couples say they&#8217;re in marriage relationships _ more than legal count</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 04:04:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hope Yen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Nearly 150,000 same-sex couples reported being in marriage relationships last year, many more than the number of actual weddings and civil unions, according to the first U.S. census figures released on same-sex marriages.

About 27 percent of the estimated 564,743 total gay couples in the United States said they were in a relationship akin [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recession&#8217;s impact: Census data show longer commutes, delayed marriage, fewer immigrants</title>
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		<dc:creator>Hope Yen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A broad survey of Americans has provided striking measures of the recession&#8217;s effect on life at home and at work: People are now stuck in traffic longer, less apt to move away and more inclined to put off marriage and buying a house.

The U.S. census data, released Monday, also show a dip in [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 13:08:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says there should be an investigation into the hidden-camera video involving employees at the activist group ACORN and a couple posing as a prostitute and her pimp. The two ACORN workers are seen apparently advising the couple to lie about her profession and launder her earnings to get housing aid.

The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House votes to deny all federal funds for ACORN in GOP-led strike on embattled group</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:55:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The House voted Thursday to deny all federal funds for ACORN in a GOP-led strike against the scandal-tainted community organizing group that comes just three days after the Senate took similar action. &#8220;ACORN has violated serious federal laws, and today the House voted to ensure that taxpayer dollars would no longer be used [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:56:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The House voted Thursday to deny all federal funds for ACORN in a GOP-led strike against the scandal-tainted community organizing group that comes just three days after the Senate took similar action.

&#8220;ACORN has violated serious federal laws, and today the House voted to ensure that taxpayer dollars would no longer be used to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nebraska GOP Sen. Johanns calls for Justice probe of ACORN</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:52:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Thomas</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A Republican lawmaker on Tuesday urged the Justice Department to investigate ACORN, a community organization under fire for several voter-registration fraud cases.

Sen. Mike Johanns, R-Neb., wrote Attorney General Eric Holder requesting the investigation. He cited reports that ACORN, which stands for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, may &#8220;have been engaged [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Citing negative publicity, Census Bureau severs partnership with ACORN in 2010 head count</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:31:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hope Yen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Census Bureau on Friday severed its ties with ACORN, a community organization that has been hit with Republican accusations of voter-registration fraud.

&#8220;We do not come to this decision lightly,&#8221; Census director Robert Groves wrote in a letter to ACORN, which was obtained by The Associated Press.
In splitting with ACORN, Groves sought to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Timeline for the 2010 census</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 08:12:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A timeline for the 2010 census:
Spring 2009: Census employees started going door-to-door to update address list nationwide.

Fall 2009: Recruiting for census takers.
February 2010: Census Bureau begins mailing or delivering questionnaires to households.
April 1, 2010: Census Day
April to July 2010: Census takers visit households that did not mail in a questionnaire.
December 2010: Census Bureau delivers population [...]]]></description>
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		<title>With power and money on the line, states, civic groups already have push on for 2010 census</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 08:03:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Bakst</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. — State governments and civic groups are sinking scarce dollars into the phone banks, TV ads and door-knocking commonly seen in political campaigns to pump up numbers in the upcoming census.

They&#8217;ve got a vested interest in going beyond the U.S. Census Bureau&#8217;s planned $300 million blitz to try to persuade households to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iraq Shiite leader reaches out to rivals; government pushes back census to Oct. 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:55:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Qassim Abdul-zahra</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BAGHDAD — The son of the late leader of Iraq&#8217;s largest Shiite political party acknowledged setbacks and reached out to political rivals Tuesday as he formally replaced his father at the party&#8217;s helm.

Ammar al-Hakim, 38, takes the reins of the Iranian-backed Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council amid skepticism about whether he can hold the organization together [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iraq reschedules nationwide census for October 2010 to give time to settle ethnic tensions</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:05:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BAGHDAD — The Iraqi government has rescheduled a nationwide census for Oct. 24, 2010 after postponing the survey to allow time for ethnic and political tensions to settle.

Government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh says a committee will be established to resolve the differences over holding the census in areas disputed by Arabs and Kurds in the north.
Al-Dabbagh [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US Census Bureau tells Utah it can&#8217;t count overseas Mormon missionaries in 2010 head count</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 02:15:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SALT LAKE CITY — The U.S. Census Bureau has told Utah&#8217;s elected leaders it won&#8217;t count Mormon missionaries serving overseas in the nation&#8217;s next head count.

Census Bureau officials, rejecting Utah&#8217;s lobbying efforts for the better part of a decade, say there&#8217;s no way to reliably count the overseas missionaries.
Utah leaders say the omission cost the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin wants people who plan to return counted as residents in Census</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 06:45:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Becky Bohrer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW ORLEANS — Mayor Ray Nagin wants hurricane-displaced people who plan to return to New Orleans counted as residents in the upcoming U.S. Census even if they live elsewhere.

Unfortunately, that&#8217;s against Census rules, which call for people to be listed where they are living and sleeping most of the time when the count is taken.
It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate confirms Obama&#8217;s nominee to lead the high-stakes 2010 census over GOP objections</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 06:07:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hope Yen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama&#8217;s nominee to be census director was approved Monday by the Senate, ending weeks of opposition from a pair of Republicans over his role in next year&#8217;s high-stakes count.

The voice vote confirming Robert Groves, a veteran survey researcher at the University of Michigan, came after supporters urged action so that Groves [...]]]></description>
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