07.10.2009 5:41 pm

Census ruckus: Will ACORN be a factor?

Post-Dispatch Washington Bureau

Robert Groves

UPDATED WASHINGTON — Late afternoon on Monday, the Senate will take up a knotty problem that has slowed preparation for the 2010 Census — the stalled nomination of Robert Groves to head the Census Bureau.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., announced today…

Tags: 2010 Census, ACORN, Community Organizations International, Rep. William Lacy Clay, Robert Groves, Sen. David Vitter, Sen. Richard Shelby, University of Michigan Survey Research Center

03.02.2009 4:20 pm

Earmark tally: Bond 54, McCaskill 0

By Bill Lambrecht

Post-Dispatch Washington Bureau

Sen. Kit Bond, at a campaign event last year for Kenny Hulshof

WASHINGTON — Once upon a time, the term earmark applied to the slice in the ear of pigs and other livestock to show who owned them and any other information…

Tags: Add new tag, earmarks, FY09 Omnibus Spending Bill, Sen. Christopher "Kit" Bond, Sen. Claire McCaskill, Sen. Richard Shelby, Sen. Robert, Sen. Robert Byrd

Census ruckus: Will ACORN be a factor?

Earmark tally: Bond 54, McCaskill 0

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