Bipartisan Senate Push To Extend Census Begins Weeks Before Count Is Set To End

Bipartisan Senate Push To Extend Census Begins Weeks Before Count Is Set To End Enlarge this image toggle caption Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images Updated at 9:43 a.m. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, both Republicans from Alaska — would require the Census Bureau to continue tallying the country's residents through at least Oct. 31, as well as extend by four months the legal reporting deadlines for census results. Sponsor Message Murkowski, whose home state has the lowest census self-response rate among the states, said in a statement that "with the added delays and difficulties caused by COVID-19, it's become increasingly clear that more time is needed to ensure a fair and accurate census count." With time running out, Schatz says he is trying to urge Republicans to take on a more active role before the Census Bureau reaches its Sept. 30 end date.