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Attorney says Census data won’t be ready until February to determine congressional seats

Attorney says Census data won’t be ready until February to determine congressional seats

Attorney says Census data won’t be ready until February to determine congressional seats

By the Associated Press:

A Trump administration attorney says the numbers used for deciding how many congressional seats each state gets won’t be ready until mid-February at the earliest.

Deputy Assistant Attorney General John Coghlan said during a court hearing Monday that the U.S. Census Bureau had found new irregularities in the head count data that determines congressional seat allocations and the distribution of $1.5 trillion in federal spending each year.

Not having the apportionment numbers finished before President-elect Joe Biden is sworn in on Jan. 20 will jeopardize an effort by President Donald Trump to exclude people in the country illegally from the apportionment count.

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