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The Republican National Committee sent fundraising mailers designed to resemble official census documents, marked with "DO NOT DESTROY OFFICIAL DOCUMENT" and described as "census documents"

Congress passed the "Prevent Deceptive Census Look Alike Mailings Act" requiring mailings marked "census" to include sender information and disclaimers that they are not affiliated with the federal government; the Senate approved it by unanimous consent and the House passed it 416-0

The RNC continued sending misleading "Census Document" mailers after the law passed, claiming the law did not apply to their mailer, which exploited a loophole in the legislation

The Nebraska Democratic Party filed a mail fraud lawsuit against the RNC on April 26, 2010, and the United States Postal Service opened an investigation into the matter

Missouri urges Congress to close the loophole in the act and strengthen penalties for deceptive political mailers disguised as census forms