Opinion · 116th Congress
Will America ‘go back’ to where it came from?
Just live up to the words of our lofty documents, of our Declaration of Independence and Constitution. But that’s harder than it looks.
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94 results for "voting / documents"
Congress · 116th Congress
House holds Barr, Ross in contempt over census subpoenas
Barr and Ross criticized the vote in a joint letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi in which they said the administration provided thousands of documents.
Congress · 116th Congress
Esper approval likely, but sexual assault allegations slow Joint Chiefs vice chair pick
There are issues of additional documents that should be made available to us.”
Congress · 116th Congress
Trump steers again toward Supreme Court with census citizenship executive order
Dale Ho, director of the ACLU’s Voting Rights Project, one of the plaintiffs in New York federal court, tweeted that Trump’s announcement “will not go unanswered.”
Congress · 116th Congress
Confirmation hearing planned Tuesday for Trump’s Defense secretary pick
“If we get the documents from the White House, the answer’s yes.” Inhofe said he expects to receive the official nomination by Monday.
Congress · 116th Congress
Spending, legal hoops ahead for Trump on census question
The Supreme Court decision last month rejected the administration’s initial Voting Rights Act enforcement rationale as pretextual and sent it back to the agency.
Congress · 116th Congress
House will vote ‘soon’ to hold Barr, Ross in criminal contempt over citizenship question
The House will “soon” vote to hold Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary William Ross in contempt of Congress for defying subpoenas for documents explaining the administration’s rationale
White House · 116th Congress
DOJ, Trump push ahead in fight for census citizenship question
discussed the matter with the Justice Department and gave several rationales for adding the question, none of which involved the administration’s original reason for adding the question: enforcement of the Voting
Congress · 116th Congress
House Democrats to continue census probe
“Again I think it is clear that we need the documents, and we are going to insist on the documents and we are going to try to use every tool to get them,” Cummings said.
White House · 116th Congress
Census may be delayed in Trump’s bid for citizenship question
That could run up against the administration’s June 30 deadline for adding the question and printing more than 1 billion census documents on time.
Opinion · 116th Congress
As Democrats line up to debate, the GOP is regressing
Whatever happens next, this looks like America, an America I had rarely experienced except in the aspirational promises of its founding documents, with the few exceptions of pioneers such as Shirley Chisholm
Congress · 116th Congress
White House asserts privilege to withhold citizenship question documents
Democrats claim the question would suppress noncitizen participation and be used to draw Republican-favored maps, despite the administration’s argument that it is needed to enforce the Voting Rights Act
Congress · 116th Congress
House Oversight votes to hold Barr, Ross in contempt over census question
The administration says it is needed to enforce the Voting Rights Act. [It’s not just the citizenship question. 2020 census faces other woes] House Oversight Chairman Elijah E.
Congress · 116th Congress
Contempt votes for Barr, Ross planned next week over census citizenship question
The House Oversight and Reform Committee plans to vote next week on holding Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt after they missed a subpoena deadline to produce documents
Congress · 116th Congress
Justice Department pushes back against Democrats’ contempt threat over census
Boyd, the department argued that some of the documents sought by the panel, such as letters between the DOJ and Census Bureau, are protected.
Congress · 116th Congress
No subpoena vote over census citizenship question after officials agree to testify
Earlier this week, Cummings threatened to hold Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and Attorney General William Barr in contempt over an April subpoena for documents and testimony.
Opinion · 116th Congress
The GOP’s secret roadmap to undermine the 2020 census
It was a reflection of the way that Republicans have gone beyond gerrymandering and tried to diminish the value of voting itself.
Congress · 116th Congress
Barr, Ross face contempt vote over census citizenship question
The committee has been probing the 2018 decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census and Monday’s letters argued documents revealed last week by advocates show a Republican operative
Congress · 116th Congress
House will vote to hold Barr in contempt over Mueller report
The Judiciary Committee had subpoenaed McGahn for documents related to the incidents he described to Mueller and for him to testify before the panel.
Congress · 116th Congress
It’s not just the citizenship question. 2020 census faces other woes
Trial judges in three separate cases agreed, and the administration appealed, arguing that the bureau needs the citizenship question responses to help enforce the Voting Rights Act.