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Census defies anti-government boycott calls

The $15 billion U.S. Census is near completion with a response rate unchanged from a decade ago.

Federal News Network Staff

July 15, 2010 12:32 pm

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The $15 billion U.S. Census is near completion with a response rate unchanged from a decade ago, defying concerns it might be derailed by anti-government sentiment and widespread violence against census takers, Reuters reports. Conservative figures like television commentator Glenn Beck and Republican Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann had urged Americans to provide only minimal information on the census form. That sparked fears that Obama administration critics such as supporters of the limited-government Tea Party movement would hinder the once-in-a-decade project. But now that the counting is nearly done, government officials and political analysts say there is no sign that the political climate had much impact on the census.

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