Census counting all -- citizens or not

The 2010 census will count the undocumented.

Sen. David Vitter, a Louisiana Republican, advanced a plan to prevent the Census Bureau from counting noncitizens.

The Senate's Democrats blocked that in a 60-39 vote today.

The census not only is the basis for apportioning congressional districts for the coming decade, but also becomes a guide for the distribution of billions of dollars in federal aid.

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