{"id":2240925,"date":"2024-05-09T13:06:03","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T17:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/invasion-by-design-no-dems-back-house-bill-on-adding-citizenship-question-to-census\/"},"modified":"2024-05-09T13:08:18","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T17:08:18","slug":"invasion-by-design-no-dems-back-house-bill-on-adding-citizenship-question-to-census","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/invasion-by-design-no-dems-back-house-bill-on-adding-citizenship-question-to-census\/","title":{"rendered":"Invasion By Design&#8217;: Democrats Reject House Bill for Census Citizenship Question"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Finvasion-by-design-no-dems-back-house-bill-on-adding-citizenship-question-to-census%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2240925&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The House\u2063 saw\u2064 a division as Democrats unanimously opposed \u2063a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-viral-post-claims-the-infrastructure-bill-on-page-2385-contains-a-3-federal-property-tax\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Viral Post Claims The \u2018Infrastructure Bill On Page 2385\u2019 Contains A 3% Federal Property Tax\">bill proposing<\/a> \u200da <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-names-official-to-help-reverse-trump-era-immigration-policies\/\" title=\"Biden Names Official To Help Reverse Trump-Era Immigration Policies\">citizenship question<\/a> in the \u2064census, introduced \u200bby Rep. Chuck\u200b Edwards (R-NC).\u2062 The Equal Representation Act received 206\u2062 Republican &#8220;yeas&#8221; and 202 Democratic &#8220;nays,&#8221;\u200b with 22 members absent. The bill aims to include \u200ba citizenship question in the\u200d 2030 census and adjust House \u200brepresentation\u200d based on citizenship status. The \u200cHouse faced\u200d a split with Democrats unified against a bill\u200c by Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-NC) to add a citizenship\u200b question to \u200dthe census. The \u2063Equal Representation \u2062Act garnered 206 Republican \u2062votes for and 202 Democratic votes \u2062against, with 22 members missing. The bill\u200c targets the 2030 census for the citizenship query, altering House representation criteria.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>None of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/house-democrats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democrats in the House<\/a> voted for a bill to add a citizenship question to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-gender-identity-more-valuable-to-pandemic-response-than-economic-anxiety\/\" title=\"Biden Admin: Gender Identity More Valuable to Pandemic Response Than Economic Anxiety\">census questionnaire<\/a> that passed through the GOP-led chamber on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/118th-congress\/house-bill\/7109\/text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Equal Representation Act<\/a>, which was <a href=\"https:\/\/edwards.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/house-representatives-passes-edwards-bill-only-include-us-citizens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">introduced<\/a> by Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-NC), <a href=\"https:\/\/clerk.house.gov\/Votes\/2024193\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">received<\/a> 206 \u201cyeas\u201d from Republicans and 202 \u201cnays\u201d from Democrats. Twenty-two members, including 11 Republicans and 11 Democrats, did not vote.<\/p>\n<p>The bill would require a citizenship question on the decennial census starting in 2030. It also demands the findings be reported and modify apportionment of House representatives and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-real-clear-politics-say-they-never-called-pennsylvania\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Real Clear Politics -- SAY THEY NEVER CALLED PENNSYLVANIA\">electoral votes<\/a> to exclude noncitizens.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepJamesComer\/status\/1788337410918539743\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a>, Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY) said the House was \u201ctaking steps to proactively protect a fair electoral process\u201d as he bemoaned how the \u201cBiden Administration\u2019s open border policies have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-knows-he-messed-up-on-fracking-at-debate-and-is-now-doing-damage-control-the-daily-wire\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Knows He Messed Up On Fracking At Debate And Is Now Doing Damage Control | The Daily Wire\">created<\/a> the worst border crisis in American history, impacting every American.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), pointed to one of the amendments to the Constitution in making a case against passing the census questionnaire legislation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Fourteenth Amendment makes the census and reapportionment apply to \u2018all persons.\u2019 Constitutional originalists, textualists and followers of precedent must reject unlawful GOP attempts to confine the census and Congressional apportionment to citizens,\u201d Raskin <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepRaskin\/status\/1788242159080026605\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> in a post to X.<\/p>\n<p>Another Democrat who spoke out against the bill was Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-IL), who hails from a House district created after the 2020 census that was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcchicago.com\/news\/local\/chicago-politics\/illinois-3rd-congressional-district-delia-ramirez-gil-villegas-among-5-competing-to-represent-states-new-hispanic-district\/2853325\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">drawn to have a Hispanic plurality<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, Republicans forced a vote on H.R. 7109, an unconstitutional bill intended to make people afraid and to discourage their participation in the Census,\u201d she <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/repdeliaramirez\/status\/1788371249095229932\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> on X. \u201cH.R. 1709 ultimately undercounts, underrepresents, and underfunds communities like ours, #IL03. I VOTED NO.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With no support across the aisle, the GOP bill\u2019s prospects in the Democrat-controlled Senate may not be very good. Still, Republican lawmakers and their allies rallied behind the legislation to boost their messaging about the issue of illegal immigration ahead of the 2024 election.<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Miller, who served as a senior adviser to former President Donald Trump, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StephenM\/status\/1788379168981327912\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">warned<\/a> on X that \u201cHouse Seats and Electoral College votes WILL BE added to areas with the most illegals (including all Biden illegals) unless [the] Senate passes the bill.\u201d He added, \u201cInvasion by design.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats unanimously opposed a GOP-backed bill aiming to include a citizenship query in the census. The Equal Representation Act by Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-NC) secured 206 Republican &#8220;yeas&#8221; against 202 Democratic &#8220;nays.&#8221; Twenty-two members, among them 11 Republicans, were absent during the vote<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1588,"featured_media":2240926,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1852690675-scaled-e1715268451170.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2240925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1852690675-scaled-e1715268451170.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2240925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2240925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2240925\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2240926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2240925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2240925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2240925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}