In Virginia, the Senate Privileges and Elections Committee approved a similar bill this week and sent it to the full chamber for consideration. The Virginia House of Delegates passed a measure last month barring the use of corrected census data for redrawing congressional and General Assembly district boundaries. While Senate appropriators focused little outward attention on the census, their House counterparts spent a great deal of time questioning the Secretary about a recently-discovered printing error affecting the 'advance letters' being mailed to households across the country starting this week and its potential effect on subsequent census operations. The Secretary said he was aware of Rep. Miller's concerns, but noted that Census Bureau staff must deal with a large number of informational requests from many stakeholders. Census Bureau Director Kenneth Prewitt will testify before the House appropriations panel later this month.
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