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Census Missed Year-End Deadline For Delivering Numbers For House Seats

Census Missed Year-End Deadline For Delivering Numbers For House Seats Enlarge this image toggle caption Andrew Harnik/AP Andrew Harnik/AP Updated Friday at 2:49 p.m. ET Saddled with delays caused by the coronavirus pandemic and last-minute changes by the Trump administration, the first set of 2020 census results were not ready for release by Thursday's year-end deadline for numbers that determine representation in Congress and the Electoral College for the next decade. Since the Dec. 31 deadline was put in place by Congress in 1976, the bureau has never failed in delivering the first set of census numbers by the end of a census year. Sponsor Message The final timing of the 2020 census results' release could undermine President Trump's efforts to make an unprecedented change to who is counted in key census numbers before leaving office.

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