Jun 12 WATCH: House oversight panel votes in favor of contempt vote for Barr, Ross The Democratic-controlled House Oversight Committee voted 24-15 to advance contempt measures against Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross. The vote sends the measures to the full House. Continue reading
Jun 03 House panel to vote on holding William Barr and Wilbur Ross in contempt By Matthew Daly, Associated Press The contempt of Congress vote comes after the attorney general and commerce secretary failed to comply with subpoenas for documents related to the Trump administration's decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. Continue reading
Apr 23 Watch 10:07 Why census experts fear a citizenship question would jeopardize results Counting the roughly 327 million people currently living in the U.S. is a massive effort. And this year, before the next census moves forward, the Supreme Court must decide whether the Trump administration should be allowed to add a citizenship… Continue watching
Mar 14 WATCH: Democratic lawmakers grill commerce secretary on 2020 census citizenship question By Kevin Freking, Associated Press Earlier this month, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to take up a challenge to the administration's decision to add a question on citizenship status to the 2020 Census. Continue reading
Mar 06 Judge says citizenship question on census ‘threatens’ democracy By Sudhin Thanawala, Associated Press The Trump administration's decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census "threatens the very foundation of our democratic system" because it would cause a significant undercount of immigrants and Latinos that could distort the distribution of congressional seats,… Continue reading
Feb 14 The court fight over the 2020 census and why it matters By Marcia Coyle The justices could decide Friday or early next week whether they will hear the government's appeal. Continue reading
Jan 24 WATCH: Commerce chief Wilbur Ross asks why furloughed workers are using food banks By Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, one of the richest people in President Donald Trump's Cabinet, questioned Thursday why furloughed federal workers were using food banks instead of taking out loans to get through the monthlong partial government shutdown. Continue reading
Jan 15 Trump administration barred from adding citizenship question to 2020 census, for now By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press In a 277-page decision that won't be the final word on the issue, U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman ruled that while such a question would be constitutional, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross had moved to add it to the census arbitrarily… Continue reading
Nov 02 Supreme Court allows lawsuit over census citizenship question to move forward By Associated Press More than a dozen states and big cities, among others, have sued over Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross' decision to add a citizenship question to the census for the first time since 1950. Continue reading
Oct 29 Trump administration asks Supreme Court to postpone Census question trial By Associated Press The request submitted to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Monday says a federal judge in New York should not move forward with a Nov. 5 trial exploring whether Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross improperly decided the census should ask about citizenship for… Continue reading