Louisiana

...ninth highest in the nation. In contrast, the softest tax bite in the country falls on 10 counties in Louisiana, according to a study of new Census Bureau data for 2006-2008 conducted by the Tax Foundation. Homeowners in Vernon Parish,...

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After the vote, Vitter said,"I am disappointed that my colleagues in the Senate chose to block this commonsense amendment that could prevent Louisiana and several other states from losing a congressional seat following the 2010 census. The...

In this article: Census Bureau, Barbara Mikulski, Mary Landrieu, David Vitter, Harry Reid, Barack Obama, and Revenue

...measure. Senators Vitter (R-LA) and Bennett (R-UT) were adamant that the 2010 Census ask about the citizenship and immigration status of respondents, a change which would have cost the government millions of dollars. All Republican...

In this article: Census Bureau, Republican Party, Mary Landrieu, GAO, and Respondent

...says. The amendment was offered as an addition to a spending bill for the Census Bureau and other agencies by Landrieu's Republican Louisiana colleague, David Vitter, who has been unable to get a Senate vote on his measure. Landrieu...

In this article: Mary Landrieu, Charlie Melancon, Respondent, and David Vitter

...deprive our nation of timely and accurate data critical to our representative democracy. Senator David Vitter (R-LA) and Senator Robert Bennett (R-UT) have proposed an amendment to the Commerce, Justice, Science and related agencies (CJS)...

In this article: David Vitter, Census Bureau, Appropriation, Robert Bennett, Democracy, and National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials

...on the erroneous forecasts of Shreveport political analyst Elliott Stonecipher and would not, in any case, achieve its goal of keeping Louisiana from losing a congressional seat in 2010. The Times-PicayuneU.S. Sen. David Vitter's amendment...

In this article: Mary Landrieu, David Vitter, Census Bureau, United States, and Respondent

...News) Proposed last week by Republican Sens. David Vitter of Louisiana and Bob Bennett of Utah, the amendment would exclude illegal immigrants from the population count used to allocate congressional seats after the 2010 Census. It also...

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...other states. No demographer "worth his salt (which would not be Elliott Stonecipher)" believed that Louisiana could avoid losing a congressman "even if there was not one illegal immigrant in the United States," Landrieu wrote. Had Landrieu...

In this article: Mary Landrieu, Census Bureau, Respondent, John Breaux, and E mail

...and Related Agencies Appropriations bill without considering an amendment proposed by Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) which sought to cut off financing for the U.S. Census Bureau's 2010 survey unless it added a question about citizenship. Vitter,...

In this article: Harry Reid, David Vitter, Mary Landrieu, U.S. Census Bureau, Nevada, and United States