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DREAM Act, the Census and the Civil War

Examiner.com - 1day 20hrs ago

This month the DREAM Act, which was heavily supported by Congressman Gary Ackerman (D-NY), was blocked by Republicans in the Senate, the 2010 Census gave advantage to Republican control of Congress and the Electoral College, and South Carolina cel…

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Did Ron Paul Forget the Constitution?

Examiner.com - 7 days ago

"Dear Mr. Mulloy: Thank you for contacting my office regarding Barack Obama. My staff has researched the issue of his Citizenship. Our research has led us to conclude that the state of Hawaii has issued a valid Birth Certificate showing that Obama…

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Census Impact on 2012 Presidential Race is Limited

FiveThirtyEight - 7 days ago

Under the new allocation of Electoral Votes that will go into effect in 2012 as a result of this year’s Census, President Obama would have won 6 fewer Electoral Votes than he did in 2008, gaining 2 in Florida and 1 in each of Washington and …

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Poll: Obama Leads In Hypothetical 2012 FL Matchups

TPMDC - 8 days ago

President Obama carried the critical Swing State of Florida in 2008, and according to a new poll, he's leading there again in 2012. In a new PPP poll, Obama leads all five potential Republican challengers matched against him in the Sunshine Stat…

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Republican-leaning states gain clout from Census (Reuters)

Yahoo! News - 8 days ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican-leaning states in the South and West will gain clout from U.S. population figures released on Tuesday, dealing a blow to President Barack Obama and his fellow Democrats that could linger for years. The Cen…

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Mass. to lose House seat, influence on Capitol Hill

Boston Globe - 8 days ago

Massachusetts will lose one of its 10 US House seats in 2012 following the US Census Bureau’s reapportionment of Congressional Districts, which reflects the continued migration of people and political power to the nation’s South and W…

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Census data realigns congressional districts in key political states

Washington Post - 8 days ago

For years, the population center of the United States has been migrating from the snowy driveways and industrial towns of the Northeast and Midwest toward the warm skies and wide-open spaces of the South and West. This Story The District's rise Ce…

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POLITICS: It's Cens-mas!

Baseball Crank - 8 days ago

The Census Bureau today released the official reapportionment figures from the 2010 Census, which will determine (1) what states gain and lose House seats and thus will be prime targets for redistricting and (2) what states correspondingly gain an…

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