"Amid the chaotic first months of the second Trump Administration, too little attention has been paid to recent debates over seemingly obscure 2030 census-related legislation that aims to subvert how the U.S. House of Representatives (and thereby the Electoral College) is reapportioned.

Last term, the Republican House majority adopted the so-called “Equal Representation” bill of 2024 with little fanfare. It aimed to require the inclusion of a citizenship question on the 2030 census. The measure would have also commanded the U.S. Census Bureau and the Commerce Department to employ that data to exclude noncitizens from the population when reallocating states’ seats to the House of Representatives. Though the 2024 bill died in the last Congress, recent hearings indicate that GOP leaders could introduce similar legislation in this Congress."