[WASHINGTON] The US House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to hold Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in criminal contempt for defying congressional subpoenas related to the US census. Read more at The Business Times.
Earlier on Wednesday, Mr Barr and Mr Ross urged House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to delay the vote, saying she should"allow the constitutionally mandated accommodation process to continue."
The US Supreme Court last month blocked Mr Trump's initial effort to add the citizenship question. He then planned an executive order to add it to the census, but later dropped the idea.
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