The August recess is an excellent time to share your views with your representatives on appropriations issues. We expect that House conferrees will be members of the House HUD Appropriations Subcommittee along with full Committee leadership. Back to top . The amendment also would have required the Census Bureau to continue planning for the census on dual tracks, that is, for a census employing sampling and for one that does not, until the Supreme Court rules on two pending lawsuits challenging the constitutionality and legality of sampling in the census. Sampling is the use of statistical methods to ensure the inclusion in the census of people that traditional census methods overlook.
Republicans say sampling provides politicians with the ability to manipulate population numbers.
In two hours of debate, supporters and opponents of the 2000 census plan sparred over the validity of sampling to augment direct counting efforts, constitutional requirements, and the timing of a final resolution of the controversy over census methods. Public and Assisted Housing Bills Staff and members of the House and Senate Banking Committees, working through the Congressional recess, have been meeting to negotiate differences between their respective public and assisted housing bills. It is still too early to tell how the discussions are going, very few details are being discussed with the public. Because discussions are ongoing, there is still time for individuals and organizations to communicate with their representatives on issues of concern to them. Several admendments to the bill were adopted, including the Manager's Amendment.