Muckety mover - White House taking charge of census

In coming months, the U.S. Census is likely to replace the stimulus package as a political hot potato.

The Obama administration wants to move the 2010 census out of the Commerce Department - where it would have been supervised by Republican Judd Gregg - and into the White House, the domain of wily political strategist Rahm Emanuel.

After years of underfunding census activities, crucial not only for the drawing of congressional district boundaries but for business and government planning, GOP leaders are howling.

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