Census concerned about misleading mailings
By HOPE YEN, Associated Press Writer Hope Yen, Associated Press Writer – Thu Feb 11, 1:30 pm ET
WASHINGTON – Republican groups are raising money under the guise of the U.S. Census Bureau, leaving the government's people-counters worried that a flurry of misleading letters could make some Americans less likely to respond to the real thing.
After the Republican National Committee raised money with such mailings, congressional Republicans are now conducting a fundraising "census" of their own.
House Minority Leader John Boehner writes in a new mailing that people were specially chosen to receive "the enclosed CENSUS DOCUMENT containing your 2010 Census of America's Republican Leadership."
Like other solicitations in recent months, Boehner's seeks to capitalize on the name of the Census Bureau, which mails official forms to the nation in mid-March.
The Census Bureau is worried the flurry of misleading letters could deter participation, and Democrats are pushing legislation to stop it. ...
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Leave it to the GOP to masquerade as the Census Bureau, who is going to take your guns and make you become gay.
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