The Council for Marketing and Opinion Research applauded Congressional passage of a bill that would fund the U.S. Census Bureau to the tune of $812.2 million for fiscal year 2006.
Earlier this year, the Senate had voted to appropriate only $727 million, according to Eric Dautch, director of government affairs for the group, which represents the opinion survey industry.
“We went to the House members and told them how important this bill was and we sent to the Senate and told them how much support it had in the House,” said Dautch.
The bill now goes to President Bush.
“The U.S. Census Bureau provides crucial data, records, and other information to a wide array of research-related interests,” said CMOR Director of Operations Donna Gillin in a statement. “Beyond the marketing and opinion research profession, the data from the Census is critical to local, state and federal government, diverse commercial interests, academia, and many nonprofit organizations.”
