Specifically. the amendment to the Senate amendment would base the apportionment of seats in the House on the number of citizens counted in the census. It would exclude legal as well as illegal al.ens counted in the census and incorporated into the apportionment base. Unlike the Senate amendment which is limited to a specific situation. the amendment to the Senate amendment encompasses legal as well as illegal aliens counted in the census. Moreover. it is not restricted to any time frame so that any alien who enters the country regardless of the circumstances and legality of their entry are subject to exclusion from the census. Thus. the amendment is not germane because it vitiates the applicability of the Senate amendment for all legal purposes.
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