In 2009, the [[Obama Administration]] took the unprecedented step of moving control of the 2010 U.S. census from the [[Commerce Department]] to direct control by the [[White House]] and Chief of Staff [[Rahm Emanuel]]. Many [[congress]]ional [[Republican]]s believe this was done as a "power grab" by the administration in order to manipulate congressional [[redistricting]] nationwide to favor [[Democrats]].<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/02/09/gop-sounds-alarm-obama-decision-census-white-house/</ref> Additionally, it was discovered that the partisan, pro-Obama, fraud-laden group [[ACORN]] would assist in the census.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/03/17/lawmakers-concerned-role-acorn-census/</ref> | In 2009, the [[Obama Administration]] took the unprecedented step of moving control of the 2010 U.S. census from the [[Commerce Department]] to direct control by the [[White House]] and Chief of Staff [[Rahm Emanuel]]. Many [[congress]]ional [[Republican]]s believe this was done as a "power grab" by the administration in order to manipulate congressional [[redistricting]] nationwide to favor [[Democrats]].<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/02/09/gop-sounds-alarm-obama-decision-census-white-house/</ref> Additionally, it was discovered that the partisan, pro-Obama, fraud-laden group [[ACORN]] would assist in the census.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/03/17/lawmakers-concerned-role-acorn-census/</ref> |