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When the House Appropriations Committee slashed the Census Bureau�s FY2012 budget request by 21 percent in July, a spokesperson for the chairman defended the steep cut by noting that the next census is nine years away. This astute observation reminds me of Hurricane Irene.

Back to the Census Future?

Federal statistics: They don�t get no respect! Legislators continue attempts to cut funding of vital (and cost-saving) census programs.