The vote authorizes committee chairman Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) to issue subpoenas to the Commerce and Justice departments.
By Tara Bahrampour Tara Bahrampour Reporter focusing on aging, generations and demography Email Bio Follow April 2 at 4:03 PM The House Committee on Oversight and Reform voted Tuesday to compel the Trump administration to provide more information on its decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census.
The committee met last month with Gore on the matter but said he refused to answer over 150 questions, citing ongoing litigation. A key issue is the manner in which the citizenship question came to be added. Ross originally told Congress his decision to add it came solely in response to a December 2017 request from the Justice Department, but lawsuits later produced emails showing that Ross, who oversees the Census Bureau, had been pushing for the question for months before that.
“The Democrats want to interfere with the court case,” said ranking member Jim Jordan . “Why don’t Democrats want to know if you’re a citizen of this country or not?’’
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