Congressional Reporter, National Journal
Congressional reporter for the National Journal
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US Set for 2010 Census The Constitution requires a census at the beginning of every decade, and the Census Bureau has already projected that the total population of the United States is now 308,400,408. That projection allows a look ahead at the political future, because the number of seats a state has in Congress depends on population. Richard Cohen is Congressional reporter for the National Journal .
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