| − | 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 congressional Republicans believe this was done as a "power grab" by the administration in order to manipulate congressional redistricting nationwide to favor Democrats.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/02/09/gop-sounds-alarm-obama-decision-census-white-house/ GOP Sounds Alarm Over Obama Decision to Move Census to White House], FOXNews.com, February 09, 2009.</ref><ref>[[Glenn Beck]]. [http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/31766/ Glenn Beck: Obama's Census Control], GlennBeck.com, October 12, 2009.</ref><ref>Pamela Geller. [http://biggovernment.com/pgeller/2010/03/22/census-stalkers/ Census Stalkers], BigGovernment.com, March 22, 2010.</ref><ref>[[Michelle Malkin]]. [http://michellemalkin.com/2010/03/09/my-race-is-american/ My race is “American”], MichelleMalkin.com, March 9, 2010.</ref> Additionally, it was discovered that the partisan, pro-Obama, fraud-laden group [[ACORN]] would assist in the census.<ref>Cristina Corbin. [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/03/17/lawmakers-concerned-role-acorn-census/ ACORN to Play Role in 2010 Census], FOXNews.com, March 18, 2009.</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 congressional Republicans believe this was done as a "power grab" by the administration in order to manipulate congressional redistricting nationwide to favor Democrats.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/02/09/gop-sounds-alarm-obama-decision-census-white-house/ GOP Sounds Alarm Over Obama Decision to Move Census to White House], FOXNews.com, February 09, 2009.</ref><ref>[[Glenn Beck]]. [http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/31766/ Glenn Beck: Obama's Census Control], GlennBeck.com, October 12, 2009.</ref><ref>[[Pamela Geller]]. [http://biggovernment.com/pgeller/2010/03/22/census-stalkers/ Census Stalkers], BigGovernment.com, March 22, 2010.</ref><ref>[[Michelle Malkin]]. [http://michellemalkin.com/2010/03/09/my-race-is-american/ My race is “American”], MichelleMalkin.com, March 9, 2010.</ref> Additionally, it was discovered that the partisan, pro-Obama, fraud-laden group [[ACORN]] would assist in the census.<ref>Cristina Corbin. [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/03/17/lawmakers-concerned-role-acorn-census/ ACORN to Play Role in 2010 Census], FOXNews.com, March 18, 2009.</ref> |