House Votes on Fake Census Mail

The House of Representatives is moving to crack down on those deceptive "Census" fundraising letters from the Republican National Committee. We reported on the letters here back in January. Now, reports ProPublica, "the House of Representatives unanimously passed legislation that specifically bans misleading mailings that are designed to look like they're from the Census Bureau. The new bill requires that any mailing marked 'census' include the sender's name and address, plus a disclaimer that the survey is 'not affiliated with the federal government.'"