How the GOP won by losing on census citizenship question
CQ on Congress podcast, Episode 159

GOP-held states with growing immigrant populations, Texas, Florida and Arizona, are more likely to gain House seats following the 2020 Census, as well as additional federal funding, if a citizenship question remains off, as the Supreme Court ordered on June 27. In this episode of the CQ on Congress podcast, CQ Roll Call reporter Michael Macagnone and Bryce Dietrich, a fellow at Harvard’s Kennedy School, discuss why Republican lawmakers continue to back President Donald Trump’s plan to add it.
Show Notes:
- Census may be delayed in Trump’s bid for citizenship question
- Power of New York, Texas hinges on immigrant count
- House Democrats to continue census probe