Colonel_Reb
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As if it really matters at this point. ACORN has been a source of "pride" to liberals/socialists for decades and a waste of multiplied billions of our money. At least something was done about the now "easy to see" widespread corruption.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/09/17/house-votes-strip-acorn-federal-funding/
House Republicans succeeded Thursday in
eliminating federal funding to ACORN, the community organizing group
that has come under heavy fire in the wake of damaging undercover
videos that purport to show counselors giving advice on tax fraud to a
"pimp" and "prostitute."The House voted 345-75 to strike ACORN funding from
a student aid bill with two voting present.The
Defund ACORN Act prohibits any "federal contract grant, cooperative
agreement or any other form of agreement (including a memorandum of
understanding" from being awarded to or entered into with the group. It
also prohibits federal funds "in any other form" from being provided.Rep.
George Miller, D-Calif., chairman of the House Education and Labor
Committee, suggested the vote is essentially symbolic because the
student aid bill did not actually provide any funding to ACORN.However, the language refers
to all federal contracts so it applies to any federal money.Rep.
Darrell Issa, R-Calif., who introduced the "motion to recommit"
attached to the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009, said
the decision followed a similar Senate vote on Monday and the Census
Bureau's decision last week to cut ties to the group."The
battle, however, to deny ACORN federal funding is not over until the
president signs the bill into law. ACORN gave significant support to
Democrats and Americans must remain vigilant to avoid backtracking or
efforts to water down prohibitions denying Federal funds to this
corrupt organization," saidHouse Minority Whip Eric Cantor, R-Va., applauded
the vote."ACORN
has violated serious federal laws, and today, the House voted to ensure
that taxpayer dollars would no longer be used to fund this corrupt
organization," he said in a written statement. "All federal ties should
be severed with ACORN, and the FBI should investigate its activity."This united Republican effort
to defund ACORN is a victory for the rule of law and taxpayers across the country."Democrats
offered overwhelming support to the ACORN measure because they didn't
want to derail the student aid bill, senior House sources told FOX
News. And the measure still has to be approved by the Senate -- a
process that will be complicated by the differences in its bill that
only blocked HUD from funding ACORN.A spokeswoman for Miller said after
the vote that the ACORN measure didn't affect the student aid bill in any way."The
important thing is the House was able to move quickly forward in voting
to overwhelmingly pass legislation that puts the interests of students,
families and taxpayers before lenders and banks," spokeswoman Rachel
Racusen said in a written statement.Whether
symbolic or not, the vote gives Republicans more momentum as they continue to keep the pressure on ACORN, which is on its
heels. It also gave Republicans a move to force Democrats, who control the House, to vote on an issue that may leave some
of them vulnerable in next year's mid-term elections.Republicans now have the firepower to run
ads highlighting this vote, saying: "This lawmaker voted against defunding ACORN." The 75 lawmakers who voted "no" and two
who voted "present" were all Democrats.<a href="http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2009/roll718.xml" target="_blank">Click
here to see how your representative voted</a>.But
at least one Democrat who did vote to strip funding, Rep. Zack Space of
Ohio, said he was "outraged" by a series of videos taken by two
undercover filmmakers dressed up as a pimp and a prostitute in order to
get advice at local ACORN establishments on how to set up a brothel in
a way that allowed them to pay taxes and get federal grants for housing."I am outraged at the actions of
ACORN's employees and believe they should be penalized to the full extent of the law," said Space. "Our government must be
vigilant in ensuring that organizations that are found to act fraudulently do not receive taxpayer dollars."<a href="http://www.foxnews.com/search-results/politics/elections-2008/acorn.htm" target="_blank"><u designtimesp="11394"><u designtimesp="11397">Click here for
more FOXNews.com coverage of ACORN.</font></font>[/u][/u]</a><u designtimesp="11394"></font>[/u]<i designtimesp="11401">FOX News' Chad Pergram contributed to this report.[/i]
Edited by: Colonel_Reb
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/09/17/house-votes-strip-acorn-federal-funding/
House Republicans succeeded Thursday in
eliminating federal funding to ACORN, the community organizing group
that has come under heavy fire in the wake of damaging undercover
videos that purport to show counselors giving advice on tax fraud to a
"pimp" and "prostitute."The House voted 345-75 to strike ACORN funding from
a student aid bill with two voting present.The
Defund ACORN Act prohibits any "federal contract grant, cooperative
agreement or any other form of agreement (including a memorandum of
understanding" from being awarded to or entered into with the group. It
also prohibits federal funds "in any other form" from being provided.Rep.
George Miller, D-Calif., chairman of the House Education and Labor
Committee, suggested the vote is essentially symbolic because the
student aid bill did not actually provide any funding to ACORN.However, the language refers
to all federal contracts so it applies to any federal money.Rep.
Darrell Issa, R-Calif., who introduced the "motion to recommit"
attached to the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009, said
the decision followed a similar Senate vote on Monday and the Census
Bureau's decision last week to cut ties to the group."The
battle, however, to deny ACORN federal funding is not over until the
president signs the bill into law. ACORN gave significant support to
Democrats and Americans must remain vigilant to avoid backtracking or
efforts to water down prohibitions denying Federal funds to this
corrupt organization," saidHouse Minority Whip Eric Cantor, R-Va., applauded
the vote."ACORN
has violated serious federal laws, and today, the House voted to ensure
that taxpayer dollars would no longer be used to fund this corrupt
organization," he said in a written statement. "All federal ties should
be severed with ACORN, and the FBI should investigate its activity."This united Republican effort
to defund ACORN is a victory for the rule of law and taxpayers across the country."Democrats
offered overwhelming support to the ACORN measure because they didn't
want to derail the student aid bill, senior House sources told FOX
News. And the measure still has to be approved by the Senate -- a
process that will be complicated by the differences in its bill that
only blocked HUD from funding ACORN.A spokeswoman for Miller said after
the vote that the ACORN measure didn't affect the student aid bill in any way."The
important thing is the House was able to move quickly forward in voting
to overwhelmingly pass legislation that puts the interests of students,
families and taxpayers before lenders and banks," spokeswoman Rachel
Racusen said in a written statement.Whether
symbolic or not, the vote gives Republicans more momentum as they continue to keep the pressure on ACORN, which is on its
heels. It also gave Republicans a move to force Democrats, who control the House, to vote on an issue that may leave some
of them vulnerable in next year's mid-term elections.Republicans now have the firepower to run
ads highlighting this vote, saying: "This lawmaker voted against defunding ACORN." The 75 lawmakers who voted "no" and two
who voted "present" were all Democrats.<a href="http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2009/roll718.xml" target="_blank">Click
here to see how your representative voted</a>.But
at least one Democrat who did vote to strip funding, Rep. Zack Space of
Ohio, said he was "outraged" by a series of videos taken by two
undercover filmmakers dressed up as a pimp and a prostitute in order to
get advice at local ACORN establishments on how to set up a brothel in
a way that allowed them to pay taxes and get federal grants for housing."I am outraged at the actions of
ACORN's employees and believe they should be penalized to the full extent of the law," said Space. "Our government must be
vigilant in ensuring that organizations that are found to act fraudulently do not receive taxpayer dollars."<a href="http://www.foxnews.com/search-results/politics/elections-2008/acorn.htm" target="_blank"><u designtimesp="11394"><u designtimesp="11397">Click here for
more FOXNews.com coverage of ACORN.</font></font>[/u][/u]</a><u designtimesp="11394"></font>[/u]<i designtimesp="11401">FOX News' Chad Pergram contributed to this report.[/i]
Edited by: Colonel_Reb
