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• Iraq’s parliament gets bigger

  
  The Democratic Piece — Authority: 412
  Under the 2009 electoral law, 1 there will be 323 seats in the Council of Representatives. This is an increase from 275 in December 2005. As in December 2005, most seats will be allocated on the governorate level. In that election, however, there were 45 seats allocated nationally to minority groups and parties ...
  2 weeks ago

• Senate blocks census US-citizenship question

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 176
  WASHINGTON – Senate Democrats have blocked a GOP attempt to require next years census forms to ask people whether they are a U.S. citizen. The proposal by Louisiana Republican Sen. David Vitter was aimed at excluding immigrants from the population totals that are used to figure the number of congressional ...
  3 weeks ago

• Including Illegal Aliens in 2010 Census Raises Serious Constitutional, Voting Rights Issues

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 176
  The Vitter amendment would require the Census Bureau to ask questions about citizenship and immigration status as part of the 2010 decennial census, brining with it serious implications about a variety of issues. Census data will be used to “apportion” Congressional seats to each state. If non-citizens are used for ...
  5 weeks ago

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