GOP bill adding citizenship question to 2030 census passes House without a single Democrat
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The House is eyeing multiple avenues for cracking down on how illegal immigration could affect U.S. elections, including adding a citizenship question to the census.
The legislation is called the Equal Representation Act, led by Rep. Chuck Edwards, R-N.C. In addition to including a question on citizenship status on the census, the bill would also exclude non-citizens from the population count when factoring how many lawmakers in the House of Representatives each state gets, as well as the number of electors for all 50 states. Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital leading coverage of the House of Representatives. Previous digital bylines seen at Daily Mail and CBS News.
It passed along party lines with 206 Republicans in favor and 202 Democrats against. Follow on Twitter at @liz_elkind and send tips to elizabeth.elkind@fox.com
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